2 Kings 18:29

²⁷ But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

²⁸ Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

³⁰ Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

³¹ Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
KJV: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
WEB: The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
ASV: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
DARBY: Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [king's] hand.
BLB: Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you⁺, for he shall not be able to deliver you⁺ from his hand.

ÅB: Så sier kongen: La ikke Hiskia få narret dere! For han makter ikke å redde dere av hans hånd.
OTB: Dette sier kongen: ‘La ikke Hiskia bedra dere, for han vil ikke være i stand til å befri dere fra min hånd.
B1930: Så sier kongen: La ikke Esekias få narret eder! For han makter ikke å redde eder av hans hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 32:15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
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2 Chronicles 32:11
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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John 19:10–11
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
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Daniel 3:15–17
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
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2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
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Daniel 6:16
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
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Psalms 73:8–9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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