2 Chronicles 32:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

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ASV

And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

KJV

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ	vay.da.be.Ru	and they spoke	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	concerning	H413 →
אֱלֹהֵ֖י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
כְּעַ֗ל	ke.'Al	as on	H5921 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙	'e.lo.Hei	[the] gods of	H430 →
עַמֵּ֣י	'a.Mei	[the] peoples of	H5971 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה	ma.'a.Seh	[the] work of	H4639 →
יְדֵ֥י	ye.Dei	[the] hands of	H3027 →
הָאָדָֽם׃ ס	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4639maaseh[the] work of236×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:64
  Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Jeremiah 16:13
  So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…
- Isaiah 46:7
  They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not…
- Deuteronomy 28:36
  The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Ezekiel 20:39
  And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…
Through
Isaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
leads to
- Psalms 115:4–8
  Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Revelation 9:20
  Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze,…
Through
2 Kings 19:18
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
leads to
- Acts 17:29
  Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.