KJV King James Version
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?
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Isaiah 37:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
WEB World English Bible
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
ASV American Standard Version
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed—Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Telassar?
Surrounding context — Isaiah 37
9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?
13 Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַהִצִּ֨ילוּH5337 · na.tsalto rescueאוֹתָ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]אֱלֹהֵ֤יH430 · e.lo.himGodהַגּוֹיִם֙H1471 · goynationאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּH7843 · sha.chatto ruinאֲבוֹתַ֔יH1 · avfatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גּוֹזָ֖ןH1470 · go.zanGozanוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חָרָ֑ןH2771 · cha.ranHaranוְרֶ֥צֶףH7530 · re.tsephRezephוּבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childעֶ֖דֶןH5729 · e.denEdenאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבִּתְלַשָּֽׂר׃H8515 · te.las.sarTelassar
Cross-references
Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 19:12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Thelasar?Acts 7:2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,2 Kings 18:11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:Genesis 12:14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.Genesis 12:1-4Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:Amos 1:5I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants.Genesis 29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.Isaiah 36:20Who [are they] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Isaiah 46:5-7To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?Genesis 28:10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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