Hezekiah’s Prayer
2 Kings 19:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- KJV
- 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
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- and have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.
- YLT
- and have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.
- DBY
- and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.ElohimElohim
- DRC
- And they have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not Rods, but the works of men’s hands of wood and stone, and they destroyed them.
- GNV
- And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.
- JPS
- 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.
- LXXE
- and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.Gr. gave.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְנָתְנ֥וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֣י אִם־מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה יְדֵֽי־אָדָ֛ם עֵ֥ץ וָאֶ֖בֶן וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ἔδωκαν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πῦρ, ὅτι οὐ θεοί εἰσιν, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων ξύλα καὶ λίθος· καὶ ἀπώλεσαν αὐτούς.
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◆ Reign of Hezekiah
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
- Jeremiah 10:3–9For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so…
- Isaiah 44:9–20All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? Behold,…
- 2 Samuel 5:21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
- Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; they have hands, but…
- Isaiah 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they…
- Jeremiah 10:14–16Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of…
- Isaiah 37:18–19Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human…
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