KJV King James Version
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
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Isaiah 36:12
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
WEB World English Bible
But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
ASV American Standard Version
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Rabshakeh saith, ‘Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men—those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 36
9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.
12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayרַב־H7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehשָׁקֵ֗הH7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehהַאֶ֨לH413 · elto(wards)אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָH113 · a.donlordוְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙H413 · elto(wards)שְׁלָחַ֣נִיH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֲדֹנִ֔יH113 · a.donlordלְדַבֵּ֖רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵ֑לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהֲלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםH582 · e.noshhumanהַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙H3427 · ya.shavto dwellעַל־H5921 · aluponהַ֣חוֹמָ֔הH2346 · cho.mahwallלֶאֱכֹ֣לH398 · a.khalto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צוֹאָתָ֗םH6675 · tso.ahfilthוְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹתH8354 · sha.tahto drinkאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מֵימֵ֥י רַגְלֵיהֶ֖םH4325 · ma.yimwaterעִמָּכֶֽם׃H5973 · imwith
Cross-references
2 Kings 18:27But 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?Leviticus 26:29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.2 Kings 6:25-29And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.Lamentations 4:9-10[They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:Deuteronomy 28:53-57And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Jeremiah 19:9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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