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OET (OET-RV)If you can’t do that,how could you all possibly repel even one of our army units? Haha, but of course you trust in Egyptto supplychariots and horsemen.
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXΚαὶ πῶς ἀποστρέψεις τὸ πρόσωπον τοπάρχου ἑνὸς τῶν δούλων τοῦ κυρίου μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων; καὶ ἤλπισας σαυτῷ ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον εἰς ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς. (Kai pōs apostrepseis to prosōpon toparⱪou henos tōn doulōn tou kuriou mou tōn elaⱪistōn; kai aʸlpisas sautōi epʼ Aigupton eis harmata kai hippeis. )
BrTrHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one [fn]petty governor from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
ULTAnd how will you drive back the face of the captain of one of the servants of my lord, the least one? But you trust for yourself in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
USTYou are hoping that the king of Egypt will send chariots and men riding horses to assist you. But they certainly would not be able to defeat even the most unimportant official in my army!
BSBFor how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
WEBBEHow then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
NETCertainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
LSVAnd how do you turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that you trust for yourself on Egypt for chariot and for horsemen?
FBVHow could you defeat even a single officer in charge of the weakest of my master's men when you're trusting in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
T4TYou are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses to assist you. But they certainly would not [RHQ] be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria!
LEBHow can you repulse a single captain among the least of the servants of my master[fn]? Yet you rely for yourself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen!
18:24Literally “can you return the face of the governor one of the servants of my master”
BBEHow then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
JPSHow then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my masters servants? and yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
ASVHow then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
DRAAnd how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master’s servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
YLTAnd how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?
DrbyHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
RVHow then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
WbstrHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
KJB-1769How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? (How then wilt/will thou/you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy/your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? )
KJB-1611How then wilt thou turne away the face of one captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and for horsemen? (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsWhy thinkest thou scorne at the presence of one of the least Dukes of my maisters seruauntes, and trustest to Egypt for charets and horsmen? (Why thinkest thou/you scorn at the presence of one of the least Dukes of my masters servants, and trustest to Egypt for chariots and horsmen?)
GnvaFor how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen? (For how canst thou/you despise any captain of the least of my masters servants, and put thy/your trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? )
Cvdlhow wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes? And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen? (how wilt/will thou/you then endure before the smallest prince of my lords subiectes? And trustest thou/you unto Egypt because of the chariots and horsmen?)
WyclAnd hou moun ye withstonde bifor o prince of the leste seruauntis of my lord? Whether thou hast trist in Egipt, for charis and knyytis? (And how moun ye/you_all withstonde before o prince of the leste servants of my lord? Whether thou/you hast trist in Egypt, for chariots and knights?)
LuthWie willst du denn bleiben vor dem geringsten Herrn, einem meines Herrn Untertanen, und verlässest dich auf Ägypten um der Wagen und Reiter willen? (How willst you because remain before/in_front_of to_him geringsten Lord, one my Lord Untertanen, and leave you/yourself on Egypt around/by/for the/of_the Wagen and Reiter willen?)
ClVgEt quomodo potestis resistere ante unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis? an fiduciam habes in Ægypto propter currus et equites? (And how potestis resistere before one satrapam about servis master my/mine minimis? an fiduciam habes in Ægypto propter currus and equites? )
18:23-24 The officer next turned to taunting, suggesting that Jerusalem would be unable to field sufficient manpower and strength to withstand even the weakest contingent of Assyrian troops.
(Occurrence 0) How could you resist even one captain of the least of my master’s servants?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,how can_you_repulse DOM face/surface_of captain one servants my=master the,least and,rely to/for=yourself(m) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Miʦrayim/(Egypt) for,chariots and,for,horsemen )
He asks this question to emphasize that the army of Hezekiah does not have the resources to fight. He also uses exaggeration to mock Hezekiah’s army. Alternate translation: This could mean: (1) “You could not defeat even one of the least of the king’s soldiers.” or (2) “You could not defeat a group of the king’s soldiers commanded by his least important officer.” (See also: figs-hyperbole)
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).
