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 dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the soles of my feet I dried up All the streams of Egypt.” 25‘Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it about, That you would turn fortified cities into ruined heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were powerless, They were shattered and put to shame. They were like the vegetation of the field and the green grass, Like grass on the housetops that is scorched before it has grown. 27But I know your sitting down, Your going out, your coming in, And your raging against Me. 28Because of your raging against Me, And because your complacency has come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by 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

• Therefore their inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• powerlessקָצֵרqâtsêr · shortH7116
• powerlessיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• They were shatteredחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• and putבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and the greenיָרָקyârâq · herbH3419
• grassדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
• grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
• on the housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• that is scorchedשְׁדֵפָהshedêphâh shiddâphôn · blightH7711
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• it has grownקָמָהqâmâh · standing grainH7054

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:26

• Numbers 11:23Then the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power too little? 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 will be our prey. Their protection is gone from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
• Psalms 48:4For, behold, the kings arrived, They passed by together.
• Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.
• Jeremiah 37:10For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her warriors, and they will be shattered!
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their homes are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken.
• Psalms 92:7When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
• Psalms 102:11My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,
• Psalms 129:6May they be like grass upon 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

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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