Isaiah 36:1
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JPS
| 36:1
| Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
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TJBU
| 36:1
| Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fenced cities of the house of Judah, and took them.
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Isaiah 36:2
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JPS
| 36:2
| And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullers' field.
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TJBU
| 36:2
| And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the field of the fullers.
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Isaiah 36:3
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JPS
| 36:3
| Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
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TJBU
| 36:3
| Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was appointed over the household, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, who was appointed over the records.
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Isaiah 36:4
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JPS
| 36:4
| And Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Say ye now to Hezekiah: Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
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TJBU
| 36:4
| And Rabshakeh said unto them, say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith our great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
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Isaiah 36:5
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| 36:5
| I said: It is but vain words; for counsel and strength are for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
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TJBU
| 36:5
| I say (you speak but empty words) I make war with counsel and might: now, in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
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Isaiah 36:6
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JPS
| 36:6
| Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
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TJBU
| 36:6
| Behold, thou trustest in the support of this broken reed, in Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; on which if a man lean, it will enter his hand and wound him: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
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Isaiah 36:7
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| 36:7
| But if thou say unto me: We trust in the LORD our God; is not that He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem: Ye shall worship before this altar?
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TJBU
| 36:7
| But if ye say to me, We trust in the Word of the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezkiah hath taken away, and said to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar ?
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Isaiah 36:8
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JPS
| 36:8
| Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
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TJBU
| 36:8
| And now, pledge thyself with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to appoint riders upon them.
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Isaiah 36:9
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| 36:9
| How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my master's servants? yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
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TJBU
| 36:9
| And how dost thou expect to turn back the face of one of the least princes, servants of my master? yet, thou trustest in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
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Isaiah 36:10
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JPS
| 36:10
| 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.'
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TJBU
| 36:10
| Am I now come up without the Word of the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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Isaiah 36:11
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JPS
| 36:11
| Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Aramean 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.'
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TJBU
| 36:11
| Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we under stand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' lan guage before the people that are upon the wall.
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Isaiah 36:12
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JPS
| 36:12
| But Rab-shakeh 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?'
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TJBU
| 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 in the siege with you ?
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Isaiah 36:13
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JPS
| 36:13
| Then Rab-shakeh 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.
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TJBU
| 36:13
| Then Rabshakeh stood forth, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of our great king, the king of Assyria.
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Isaiah 36:14
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JPS
| 36:14
| Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
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TJBU
| 36:14
| Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah cause you to err: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
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Isaiah 36:15
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JPS
| 36:15
| neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying: The LORD will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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TJBU
| 36:15
| Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Word of 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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Isaiah 36:16
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| 36:16
| Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
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TJBU
| 36:16
| Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make peace with me, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of the fruit of his vine, and every one of the fruit of his fig tree, and drink ye every one of the waters of his cistern:
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Isaiah 36:17
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JPS
| 36:17
| until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
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TJBU
| 36:17
| Until I come and take you away to a good land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of fields and vineyards.
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Isaiah 36:18
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| 36:18
| Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying: The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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TJBU
| 36:18
| Beware lest Hezekiah cause you to err, saying, The Lord shall deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
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Isaiah 36:19
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| 36:19
| Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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TJBU
| 36:19
| Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? what? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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Isaiah 36:20
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| 36:20
| Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
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TJBU
| 36:20
| Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land from my hand, that the Lord shall deliver Jerusalem from my hand?
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Isaiah 36:21
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JPS
| 36:21
| But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.'
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TJBU
| 36:21
| But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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Isaiah 36:22
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JPS
| 36:22
| Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
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TJBU
| 36:22
| Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was appointed over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, who was appointed over the records, to Hezekiah, now having their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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