KJV King James Version
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Kings 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blasted before it has grown up.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn—before it hath risen up!
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 19
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 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.
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙H3427 · ya.shavto dwellקִצְרֵי־H7116 · qa.tsershortיָ֔דH3027 · yadhandחַ֖תּוּH2865 · cha.tatto to be dismayedוַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּH954 · bushbe ashamedהָי֞וּH1961 · ha.yahto beעֵ֤שֶׂבH6212 · e.sevvegetationשָׂדֶה֙H7704 · sa.daySirionוִ֣ירַקH3419 · ya.raqherbדֶּ֔שֶׁאH1877 · de.shegrassחֲצִ֣ירH2682 · cha.tsirgrassגַּגּ֔וֹתH1406 · gagroofוּשְׁדֵפָ֖הH7711 · she.de.phahblightלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeקָמָֽה׃H7054 · qa.mahstanding grain
Cross-references
Psalm 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:Numbers 11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.Jeremiah 37:10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained [but] wounded men among them, [yet] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.Jeremiah 51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.Psalm 48:4-7For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.Numbers 14:9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.Psalm 127:1A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.Isaiah 40:6-8The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:1 Peter 1:24For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:Psalm 129:6-8Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:Jeremiah 50:36-37A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.Psalm 102:11My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.James 1:10-11But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.Jeremiah 51:32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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