InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25
2 Ki 18 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Pharaoh (KI2 18:21)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Egypt
OET-LV Now HERE you_rely (for)_yourself on the_staff_of (the)_reed (the)_crushed the_this on Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which anyone he_will_support_himself on/upon/above_him/it and_it_will_go in_palm_of_his and_it_will_pierce_it is_thus Parˊoh the_king_of Miʦrayim to/from_all/each/any/every those_who_rely on/upon/above_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) Listen, your king’s trusting in a broken stick to lean on which will just splinter and pierce his hand. That’s what King Par’oh (Pharaoh) of Mitsrayim (Egypt) is like to everyone who puts their trust in him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
עַתָּ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה בָטַ֣חְתָּ לְּךָ֡ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ אִישׁ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבָ֥א בְכַפּ֖וֹ וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְכָֽל־הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים עָלָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: now see/lo/see! rely (for,yourself on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in staff_of of_(the),reed (the),crushed the=this on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which/who leans (a)_man on/upon/above=him/it and,it_will_go in,palm_of,his and,it,will_pierce_it yes/correct/thus/so Parˊoh king Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to/from=all/each/any/every [those,who]_rely on/upon/above=him/it )
If you have decided to translate all of this long quotation in such a way that there will not be quotations within quotations, you can continue doing that in this verse. Alternate translation: [The great king says that behold, Hezekiah is trusting in Egypt to help him, but that is like using a broken reed as a staff. If a man leans on it, it goes into his palm and pierces it. That is what Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is like for anyone who trusts in him]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הִנֵּ֣ה
(Some words not found in UHB: now see/lo/see! rely (for,yourself on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in staff_of of_(the),reed (the),crushed the=this on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which/who leans (a)_man on/upon/above=him/it and,it_will_go in,palm_of,his and,it,will_pierce_it yes/correct/thus/so Parˊoh king Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to/from=all/each/any/every [those,who]_rely on/upon/above=him/it )
See how you translated the similar expression in 1:9.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בָטַ֣חְתָּ לְּךָ֡ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם
(Some words not found in UHB: now see/lo/see! rely (for,yourself on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in staff_of of_(the),reed (the),crushed the=this on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which/who leans (a)_man on/upon/above=him/it and,it_will_go in,palm_of,his and,it,will_pierce_it yes/correct/thus/so Parˊoh king Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to/from=all/each/any/every [those,who]_rely on/upon/above=him/it )
The king of Assyria is speaking as if Egypt were actually a broken reed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you believe that you can rely on Egypt, but that is like using a broken reed as a staff]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: now see/lo/see! rely (for,yourself on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in staff_of of_(the),reed (the),crushed the=this on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which/who leans (a)_man on/upon/above=him/it and,it_will_go in,palm_of,his and,it,will_pierce_it yes/correct/thus/so Parˊoh king Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to/from=all/each/any/every [those,who]_rely on/upon/above=him/it )
The king of Assyria is using the possessive form to describe a staff that consists of a broken reed. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in this broken reed, Egypt, as a staff]
OET-LV Now HERE you_rely (for)_yourself on the_staff_of (the)_reed (the)_crushed the_this on Miʦrayim/(Egypt) which anyone he_will_support_himself on/upon/above_him/it and_it_will_go in_palm_of_his and_it_will_pierce_it is_thus Parˊoh the_king_of Miʦrayim to/from_all/each/any/every those_who_rely on/upon/above_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) Listen, your king’s trusting in a broken stick to lean on which will just splinter and pierce his hand. That’s what King Par’oh (Pharaoh) of Mitsrayim (Egypt) is like to everyone who puts their trust in him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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