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BSB ⇔ Have you not heard?
⇔ Long ago I ordained it;
⇔ in days of old I planned it.
⇔ Now I have brought it to pass,
⇔ that you should crush fortified cities
⇔ into piles of rubble.
OEB No OEB 2KI book available
WEB Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
WMB (Same as above)
NET Certainly you must have heard!
⇔ Long ago I worked it out,
⇔ In ancient times I planned it;
⇔ and now I am bringing it to pass.
⇔ The plan is this:
⇔ Fortified cities will crash
⇔ into heaps of ruins.
LSV Have you not heard from afar [that] I made it,
From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in,
And it becomes a desolation,
Ruinous heaps [are] fortified cities,
FBV The Lord replies,[fn] “Haven't you heard? I decided it long ago; I planned it in the olden days. Now I am making sure it happens—that you are to knock down fortified towns into piles of rubble.
T4T ¶ ‘But I reply, “Have you never heard that long ago I determined that those things would happen?
⇔ I planned it long ago,
⇔ and now I have been causing it to happen.
⇔ I planned that your army would have the power to capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls,
⇔ and cause them to become piles of rubble.
LEB • From long ago I have determined it, • from the days of old I have planned it, • and now I am bringing it to pass. • It shall be turned into a pile of rocks; • fortified cities are ruined.
BBE Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
MOF No MOF 2KI book available
JPS Hast thou not heard? long ago I made it, in ancient times I fashioned it; now have I brought it to pass, yea, it is done; that fortified cities should be laid waste into ruinous heaps.
ASV Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
DRA Hast thou not heard what I have done from the beginning? from the days of old I have formed it, and now I have brought it to effect: that fenced cities of fighting men should be turned to heaps of ruin:
YLT Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps [are] fenced cities,
DBY Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it? And that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [into] ruinous heaps.
RV Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
WBS Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldst be to lay waste fortified cities in ruinous heaps.
KJB-1769 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.[fn]
(Hast thou/you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou/you should be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. )
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 2KI book available
BB Hast thou not heard howe I haue ordeyned such a thing a great whyle a go, and haue prepared it from the beginning? And shall I not nowe bring it foorth that it may destroy and bring strong cities into wast heapes of stones?
(Hast thou/you not heard how I have ordained such a thing a great while a go, and have prepared it from the beginning? And shall I not now bring it forth that it may destroy and bring strong cities into wast heapes of stones?)
GNV Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I nowe bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?
(Hast thou/you not heard, how I have of old time made it, and have formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed? )
CB But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo, and haue prepared it from the begynnynge? Now haue I caused it for to come, that contencious stronge cities mighte fall into a waist heape of stones,
(But hast thou/you not heard how that I have done this long agoo, and have prepared it from the beginning? Now have I caused it for to come, that contencious stronge cities mighte fall into a waist heape of stones,)
WYC Whether thou herdist not, what Y made at the bigynnyng? Fro elde daies Y made it, and now Y haue brouyt forth; and strengthid citees of fiyteris schulen be in to fallyng of hillis.
(Whether thou/you heardist not, what I made at the beginning? From elde days I made it, and now I have brouyt forth; and strengthid cities of fiyteris should be in to fallyng of hillis.)
LUT Hast du aber nicht gehöret, daß ich solches lange zuvor getan habe, und von Anfang habe ich‘s bereitet? Nun, jetzt aber habe ich‘s kommen lassen, daß feste Städte würden fallen in einen wüsten Steinhaufen,
(Hast you but not gehöret, that I solches lange zuvor getan have, and from beginning have ich‘s bereitet? Nun, jetzt but have ich‘s coming lassen, that feste cities würden fallen in a wüsten Steinhaufen,)
CLV Numquid non audisti quid ab initio fecerim? ex diebus antiquis plasmavi illud, et nunc adduxi: eruntque in ruinam collium pugnantium civitates munitæ.[fn]
(Numquid not/no audisti quid away initio fecerim? from days antiwho/any plasmavi illud, and now adduxi: eruntque in ruinam collium pugnantium civitates munitæ. )
BRN I have brought about the matter, I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the [fn]destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, even of strong cities.
BrLXX Ἔπλασα αὐτὴν, συνήγαγον αὐτήν· καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ἐπάρσεις ἀποικεσιῶν μαχίμων πόλεις ὀχυράς.
(Eplasa autaʸn, sunaʸgagon autaʸn; kai egenaʸthaʸ eis eparseis apoikesiōn maⱪimōn poleis oⱪuras. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Have you not heard how … times?
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not you(ms)_paid_attention at,from,long_ago DOM=her/it determined at,in,days old and,planned,it now brought_~_topass,it and,make to,crash heaps ruins cities fortified )
To make the point strongly this question assumes the listener knows the answer. Alternate translation: “Surely you know how … times.”
(Occurrence 0) impregnable cities
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not you(ms)_paid_attention at,from,long_ago DOM=her/it determined at,in,days old and,planned,it now brought_~_topass,it and,make to,crash heaps ruins cities fortified )
Alternate translation: “cities that cannot be captured” or “cities surrounded by high walls”
