2 Kings 19:26

2 Kings 19:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
• New International Version (NIV)Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.
• New Living Translation (NLT)That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.

Context of 2 Kings 19:26

24I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.' 25"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins, while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown. 27"But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me. 28Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

2 Kings 19:26 word by word

וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore their inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• were of smallקָצֵרqâtsêr · shortH7116
• powerיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• they were dismayedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• and confoundedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• the grassעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• the greenיָרָקyârâq · herbH3419
• herbדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
• the grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• on the housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• blastedשְׁדֵפָהshedêphâh shiddâphôn · blightH7711
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• it be grown upקָמָהqâmâh · standing grainH7054

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:26

• Numbers 11:23And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not."
• Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them."
• Psalms 48:4For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together.
• Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
• Jeremiah 37:10For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'"
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;
• Psalms 102:11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
• Psalms 129:6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The weakness of the nations exposed to the Assyrian attacks was as much owing to the divine decrees as was the strength of the Assyrians themselves. The grass on the house tops - Compare the marginal reference. The vegetation on the flat roofs of Oriental houses is the first to spring up and the first to fade away.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26I have brought it to pass: God planned all of Sennacherib's great accomplishments.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 19:26

• Agency
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
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• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings