2 Kings 18:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    How then wilt thou turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants{H5650}, and put thy trust{H982}{(H8799)} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen{H6571}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    how wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes? And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Why thinkest thou scorne at the presence of one of the least Dukes of my maisters seruauntes, and trustest to Egypt for charets and horsmen?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings?
  • Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
  • Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  • Jer 37:7 : 7 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, to their own land.
  • Jer 42:14-18 : 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which you were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when you shall enter into Egypt: and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
  • Ezek 17:15 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered?
  • Ezek 17:17 : 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up mounds and building forts to cut off many persons:
  • Dan 2:37-38 : 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory. 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'
  • 2 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Now behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans, will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  • Ps 20:7-8 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

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    4 And Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?

    5 I say that your words are empty: I have counsel and strength for war. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

    6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

    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?

    8 Now therefore, I urge you, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to put riders on them.

    9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    10 Have I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

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    19 Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?

    20 You say (but they are only vain words) I have counsel and strength for war. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

    21 Now behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans, will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

    22 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?

    23 Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

  • Isa 31:1
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    11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

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    10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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    72%

    29 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

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    16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

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