2 Kings 19:18
16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
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
- They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- KJV
- And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
- WEB
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
- ASV
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men`s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- DARBY
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.
- BLB
- and they have given their gods into the fire, for they [were] not gods, but rather the work of the hands of men—wood and stone. And they have destroyed them.
- ÅB
- og de har kastet deres guder i ilden; for de er ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og stein, og derfor kunne de gjøre dem til intet.
- OTB
- og har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men bare menneskehenders verk, tre og stein. Så de har ødelagt dem.
- B1930
- og de har kastet deres guder i ilden; for de er ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og sten, og derfor kunde de gjøre dem til intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:3–9
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:9–20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:14–16
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:21
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:1–2
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:18–19
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
Read in contextPsalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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