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 and drunk foreign waters, and with the soles of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt.’ 25Have you not heard? I did it long ago! From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass— that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of rubble. Their inhabitants are weak-handed, shattered and ashamed They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up. 27But I know your sitting down, your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against Me. 28Because your raging against Me and your arrogance reached 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 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 11:23Adonai said to Moses, “Is Adonai’s arm too short? Now you will see whether My word will come true for you or not.”
• Numbers 14:9Only don’t rebel against Adonai, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They will be food for us. The protection over them is gone. Adonai is with us! Do not fear them.”
• Psalms 48:4God, in her palaces, is known as a stronghold.
• Psalms 127:1A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Adonai builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless Adonai watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain.
• Jeremiah 37:10For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword on the diviners—fools! A sword on her warriors—shattered!
• Jeremiah 51:30Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.
• Psalms 92:7A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand.
• Psalms 102:11because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and tossed me aside.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice is saying, “Cry out!” So I said, “What shall I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10and the rich person in his humble position, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All humanity is like grass, And all its glory like a wildflower. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
• Psalms 129:6Let them be like grass on the roofs, which withers before it springs 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