King James Version
2 Kings 18:29 in the King James Version says “Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:”
2 Kings 18:29 · KJV
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung , and drink their own piss with you? their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: Make: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing cistern: or, pit
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Let not Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“you for he shall not be able”
H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“you out of his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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