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 have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’ 25“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. 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. 27“But I know you well— where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me. 28And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on 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 11:23Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”
• Numbers 14:9Do not rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”
• Psalms 48:4The kings of the earth joined forces and advanced against the city.
• Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
• Jeremiah 37:10Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!”
• Jeremiah 50:36The sword will strike her wise counselors, and they will become fools. The sword will strike her mightiest warriors, and panic will seize them.
• Jeremiah 51:30Her mightiest warriors no longer fight. They stay in their barracks, their courage gone. They have become like women. The invaders have burned the houses and broken down the city gates.
• Psalms 92:7Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
• Psalms 102:11My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?” “Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field.
• James 1:10And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
• 1 Peter 1:24As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.
• Psalms 129:6May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,

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