King James Version
Isaiah 37:20 in the King James Version says “Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.”
Isaiah 37:20 · KJV
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, nations: Heb. lands
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. cast: Heb. given
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now therefore O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“us from 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
“may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“that all the kingdoms”
H4467dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Now therefore O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
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