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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 2 Kings 19:26

24I’ll dig wells and drink foreign water. I’ll dry up all the streams of Egypt with the trampling of my feet.” 25“ ‘Haven’t you heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the distant past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, scorched before it sprouted. 27I know when you ⌞get up⌟ and sit down, when you go out and come in, and how you rage against me. 28Since you rage against me and your boasting has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way 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 11:23The Lord asked Moses, “Is there a limit to the Lord’s power? Now you will see whether or not my words come true.”
• Numbers 14:9Don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. We will devour them like bread. They have no protection, and the Lord is with us. So don’t be afraid of them.”
• Psalms 48:4The kings have gathered. They marched together.
• Psalms 127:1If the Lord does not build the house, it is useless for the builders to work on it. If the Lord does not protect a city, it is useless for the guard to stay alert.
• Jeremiah 37:10Even if you would defeat the entire Babylonian army so that they had only a few badly wounded men left in their tents, they would get up and burn down this city.’ ”
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword will kill the false prophets. They will become fools. A sword will kill their soldiers and defeat them.
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.
• Psalms 92:7that wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers blossom ⌞like flowers⌟, only to be destroyed forever.
• Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice called, “Call out!” I asked, “What should I call out?” “Call out: All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower in the field.
• James 1:10Rich believers should be proud because being rich should make them humble. Rich people will wither like flowers.
• 1 Peter 1:24“All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
• Psalms 129:6Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

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
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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