2 Kings 18:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִי־תֹאמְר֣וּן אֵלַ֔י אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ בָּטָ֑חְנוּ הֲלוֹא־ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵסִ֤יר חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בָּמֹתָ֣יו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לִֽיהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִפְנֵי֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ הַזֶּ֔ה תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-if-tōʾmərûn to-me to-YHWH ʾĕlōhênû bāṭāḥnû is-not-he who hēsîr ḥizqîyāhû ʾet-bāmōtāyw and-ʾet-mizbəḥōtāyw wə-yōʾmer to-yəhûdāh and-to-yərûšālaim before the-mizbēaḥ the-zeh tištaḥăwû in-yərûšālāim.

Grammar Details

• *tōʾmərûn*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine plural + 1st common plural suffix - our God
• *bāṭāḥnû*: qal perfect, 1st common plural - we trusted
• *hēsîr*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he removed
• *ḥizqîyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hezekiah
• *bāmōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his high places
• *mizbəḥōtāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his altars
• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *tištaḥăwû*: hishtaphel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall worship

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhênû*: our God/our deity
• *bāmōtāyw*: his high places/shrines/cult centers
• *mizbəḥōtāyw*: his altars/places of sacrifice
• *tištaḥăwû*: you shall worship/bow down/prostrate yourselves

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if ye say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God;{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem?{H3389}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if ye say{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and hath said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem{H3389}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf ye wolde saye vnto me: We put oure trust in ye LORDE oure God. Is not that he, whose hye places and altares Ezechias hath take downe, and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusale: Before this altare which is at Ierusale, shal ye worshippe?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if ye say vnto me, We trust in the Lord our God, is not that he whose hie places, and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath sayd to Iudah and Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Ierusalem?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If ye say vnto me, we trust in the Lorde our God: Is not that he whose hygh places and whose aulters Hezekia hath put downe? and hath sayd to Iuda and Hierusalem, ye shall worship before this aulter here in Hierusalem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And when ye say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if you tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God;' isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
• 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?
• Isa 36:7 : 7 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
• 2 Kgs 18:4-5 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any before him.