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Q צוֹאָתָ֗ם
Q מֵימֵי רַגְלֵיהֵם
BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ῥαβσάκης, μὴ πρὸς τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν ἢ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ κύριός μου, λαλῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τούτους; οὐχὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῷ τείχει, ἵνα φάγωσι κόπρον, καὶ πίωσιν οὖρον μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἅμα; (Kai eipe pros autous Ɽabsakaʸs, maʸ pros ton kurion humōn aʸ pros humas apestalke me ho kurios mou, lalaʸsai tous logous toutous; ouⱪi pros tous anthrōpous tous kathaʸmenous epi tōi teiⱪei, hina fagōsi kopron, kai piōsin ouron methʼ humōn hama; )
BrTrAnd Rabsaces said to them, Has my lord sent me to your lord or to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat dung, and drink their water together with you?
ULTBut the chief commander said, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Is it not to the men who sit on the wall, eating their dung and drinking their urine with you?”
USTBut the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things only to you, and not to the people standing on the wall? If you reject this message, the people in this city will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just as you will, because you will have nothing else to eat. “
BSB § But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
OEBthey understood. ‘No,’ replied the Officer, ‘it is not to your lord and yourself that my lord has sent me with this message, but precisely to the men on the wall, whom your policy is likely to reduce to eating their own filth and drinking their own water. ’
WEBBEBut Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
NETBut the chief adviser said, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”
LSVAnd Rabshakeh says, “To your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak these words? Is it not for the men—those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?”
FBVBut the army general replied, “Did my master only send me to say these things to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall? They too, just like you, are going to have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine!”
T4TBut the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things only to you, and not to the people standing on the wall [RHQ]? If you reject this message, the people in this city will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink.”
LEBBut[fn] Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your masters and you? Was it not for the people who sit on the wall, to eat their dung and drink their urine[fn] with you?”
36:12So Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib); the reading tradition (Qere) has “feet-water”
BBEBut the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.
JPSBut Rab-shakeh said: 'Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?'
ASVBut Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
DRAAnd Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these words; and not rather to the men that sit on the wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?
YLTAnd Rabshakeh saith, 'Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men — those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?'
DrbyAnd Rab-shakeh said, Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?
RVBut Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
WbstrBut Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may devour their vilest excretions with you?
KJB-1769¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? (¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy/your master and to thee/you to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? )
KJB-1611¶ But Rabshakeh sayd; Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speake these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit vpon the wall, that they may eate their owne dongue, and drinke their owne pisse with you? (¶ But Rabshakeh said; Hath my master sent me to thy/your master and to thee/you, to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dongue, and drink their own piss with you?)
BshpsThen aunswered Rabsakeh: Hath my maister sent me to speake this only to thy maister and thee? hath he not sent me to them also that lye vpon the wall? that they may be compelled to eate their owne dunge, and drinke their owne stale with you? (Then answered Rabsakeh: Hath my master sent me to speak this only to thy/your master and thee/you? hath/has he not sent me to them also that lye upon the wall? that they may be compelled to eat their own dunge, and drink their own stale with you?)
GnvaThen said Rabshakeh, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee to speake these wordes, and not to the men that sit on the wall? that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you? (Then said Rabshakeh, Hath my master sent me to thy/your master, and to thee/you to speak these words, and not to the men that sit on the wall? that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? )
CvdlThen answered Rabsaches: Thinke ye, yt the kinge sent me to speake this only vnto you? Hath he not sent me to the also, that lie vpo the wall? that they be not copelled to eate their owne donge, and drinke their owne stale with you? (Then answered Rabsaches: Thinke ye/you_all, it the king sent me to speak this only unto you? Hath he not sent me to the also, that lie upo the wall? that they be not copelled to eat their own dung, and drink their own stale with you?)
WyclAnd Rapsaces seide to hem, Whether mi lord sente me to thi lord, and to thee, that Y schulde speke alle these wordis, and not rathere to the men that sitten on the wal, that thei ete her toordis, and drynke the pisse of her feet with you? (And Rapsaces said to them, Whether mi lord sent me to thy/your lord, and to thee/you, that I should speak all these words, and not rathere to the men that sit on the wall, that they eat her turds, and drink the piss of her feet with you?)
LuthDa sprach der Erzschenke: Meinest du, daß mein Herr mich zu deinem Herrn oder zu dir gesandt habe, solche Worte zu reden, und nicht vielmehr zu den Männern, die auf der Mauer sitzen, daß sie samt euch ihren eigenen Mist fressen und ihren Harn saufen? (So spoke the/of_the Erzschenke: Mine you, that my Lord me to your Lord or to you/to_you sent have, such words to reden, and not vielmehr to the menn, the on the/of_the Mauer sit, that they/she/them samt you your eigenen Mist fressen and your Harn saufen?)
ClVgEt dixit ad eos Rabsaces: Numquid ad dominum tuum et ad te misit me dominus meus, ut loquerer omnia verba ista? et non potius ad viros qui sedent in muro, ut comedant stercora sua, et bibant urinam pedum suorum vobiscum? (And he_said to them Rabsaces: Is_it to dominum your and to you(sg) he_sent me dominus mine, as loquerer everything words ista? and not/no rather to men who sedent in muro, as comedant stercora sua, and bibant urinam pedum suorum with_you? )
36:4-22 The Assyrian chief of staff attempted to use intimidation to negotiate a settlement without bloodshed. In his first speech (36:4-10), he rightly argued against Egypt’s ability to rescue but wrongly charged Hezekiah with misplaced trust in the Lord. Strikingly, the Assyrian did not see the contest as being between the gods of Assyria and the Lord but rather between Sennacherib—the great king—and the Lord.
(Occurrence 0) Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words?
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said great//chief/captain field_commander ?,to master,your and=to=you(ms) sent,me my=master to,speak DOM the,words the=these ?,not on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,men the,sitting on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,wall to,eat DOM dung,their_own and,to,drink DOM feet_of,their_own with,you_all )
The chief commander uses this question to emphasize that his message is for all the people of Judah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “Certainly, my master has sent me to speak this message to you and to all who can hear.”
(Occurrence 0) Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will have to … you?
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said great//chief/captain field_commander ?,to master,your and=to=you(ms) sent,me my=master to,speak DOM the,words the=these ?,not on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,men the,sitting on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,wall to,eat DOM dung,their_own and,to,drink DOM feet_of,their_own with,you_all )
The chief commander uses this question to emphasize his insult. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “My master has sent me to everyone who hears this, who will have to … you.”
(Occurrence 0) will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said great//chief/captain field_commander ?,to master,your and=to=you(ms) sent,me my=master to,speak DOM the,words the=these ?,not on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,men the,sitting on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,wall to,eat DOM dung,their_own and,to,drink DOM feet_of,their_own with,you_all )
This is a very offensive statement. He is implying that they will need to eat these things because they will have nothing else to eat because their city will be under attack. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. Alternate translation: “will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just as you will, because you will have nothing else to eat”
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
