Isaiah 36:4

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?

And Rabshakeh {H7262} said {H559} unto them, Say {H559} ye now to Hezekiah {H2396}, Thus saith {H559} the great {H1419} king {H4428}, the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}, What confidence {H986} is this wherein thou trustest {H982}?

Rav-Shakeh addressed them: "Tell Hizkiyahu: 'Here is what the great king, the king of Ashur, says: "What makes you so confident?

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

And Rabshakeh 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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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 18:19 (3 votes)

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?

  • 2 Kings 18:37 (3 votes)

    Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [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 Rabshakeh.

  • Psalms 42:3 (2 votes)

    My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?

  • 2 Chronicles 32:14 (2 votes)

    Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

  • 2 Chronicles 32:16 (2 votes)

    And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

  • Jude 1:16 (2 votes)

    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

  • 2 Kings 19:10 (2 votes)

    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 delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.