2KI 19:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Κλῖνον Κύριε τὸ οὖς σου καὶ ἄκουσον, ἄνοιξον Κύριε τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἴδε, καὶ ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους Σενναχηρὶμ οὓς ἀπέστειλεν ὀνειδίζειν Θεὸν ζῶντα.
(Klinon Kurie to ous sou kai akouson, anoixon Kurie tous ofthalmous sou kai ide, kai akouson tous logous Sennaⱪaʸrim hous apesteilen oneidizein Theon zōnta. )

BrTr Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

ULT Stretch out your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, that he sent it to mock the living God.

UST So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look at what is happening. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.

BSB Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

OEB No OEB 2KI book available

WEBBE Incline your ear, LORD, and hear. Open your eyes, LORD, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

LSV Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, and hear; open, O YHWH, Your eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib with which he has sent him to reproach the living God.

FBV Please listen with your ears, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the message that Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.

T4T So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look at what is happening. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.

LEB Incline your ears and hear; open, O Yahweh, your eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to insult the living God.

BBE Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

Moff No Moff 2KI book available

JPS Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.

ASV Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

DRA Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.

YLT Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.

Drby Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living [fn]God.

19.16 Elohim

RV Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to reproach the living God.

Wbstr LORD, bow down thy ear, and hear: open, LORD, thy eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.

KJB-1769 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.
(LORD, bow down thine/your ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine/your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath/has sent him to reproach the living God. )

KJB-1611 LORD, bow downe thine eare, and heare: open, LORD, thine eyes; and see: and heare the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproch the liuing God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Lorde bowe downe thyne eare, and heare: Open Lorde thyne eyes, I besech thee, and see: and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent this man to rayle on the lyuing God.
(Lord bow down thine/your ear, and hear: Open Lord thine/your eyes, I besech thee/you, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath/has sent this man to rayle on the lyuing God.)

Gnva Lord, bow downe thine eare, and heare: Lord open thine eyes and behold, and heare the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
(Lord, bow down thine/your ear, and hear: Lord open thine/your eyes and behold, and hear the words of Saneherib, who hath/has sent to blaspheme the living God. )

Cvdl Enclyne thine eare O LORDE, and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde, and heare the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God.
(Enclyne thine/your ear O LORD, and hear: open thine/your eyes, and behold, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath/has sent hither/hereto blaspheme the living God.)

Wycl Bowe thin eere, and here; opyn thin iyen, Lord, and se; and here alle the wordis of Senacherib, which sente, that he schulde dispise `to vs `God lyuynge.
(Bow thin ear, and here; open thin eyes, Lord, and se; and here all the words of Senacherib, which sent, that he should despise `to us `God living.)

Luth HErr, neige deine Ohren und höre, tu deine Augen auf und siehe, und höre die Worte Sanheribs, der hergesandt hat, Hohn zu sprechen dem lebendigen GOtt.
(LORD, neige your ears and listen, tu your Augen on and look, and listen the words Sanheribs, the/of_the hergesandt has, Hohn to sprechen to_him lifedigen God.)

ClVg Inclina aurem tuam, et audi: aperi, Domine, oculos tuos, et vide: audi omnia verba Sennacherib, qui misit ut exprobraret nobis Deum viventem.
(Inclina aurem your, and audi: aperi, Master, oculos tuos, and vide: listen everything words Sennacherib, who he_sent as exprobraret us God viventem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see

(Some words not found in UHB: incline YHWH ear,your and,hear open YHWH eyes,your and,see and,hear DOM words Şanḩērīⱱ which/who sent,him to,mock ʼElohīm living_(creature) )

Both of these sentences urge Yahweh to pay attention to the things that Sennacherib is saying.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen

(Some words not found in UHB: incline YHWH ear,your and,hear open YHWH eyes,your and,see and,hear DOM words Şanḩērīⱱ which/who sent,him to,mock ʼElohīm living_(creature) )

The words “Turn your ear” and “listen” mean the same thing and add emphasis to the plea. Alternate translation: “Yahweh, please listen to what he is saying”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see

(Some words not found in UHB: incline YHWH ear,your and,hear open YHWH eyes,your and,see and,hear DOM words Şanḩērīⱱ which/who sent,him to,mock ʼElohīm living_(creature) )

The words “Open your eyes” and “see” mean the same thing and add emphasis to the plea. Alternate translation: “Yahweh, please pay attention to what is happening”

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Sennacherib Attacks Judah

Isaiah 36-37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32

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).

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Sennacherib Attacks Judah