2 Kings 18:20
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
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ASV
Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
KJV
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ | 'a.Mar.ta | you have said | H559 → |
| אַךְ־ | 'akh- | only | H389 → |
| דְּבַר־ | de.var- | a word of | H1697 → |
| שְׂפָתַ֔יִם | se.fa.Ta.yim | lips | H8193 → |
| עֵצָ֥ה | 'e.Tzah | counsel | H6098 → |
| וּגְבוּרָ֖ה | u.ge.vu.Rah | and strength | H1369 → |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | la.mil.cha.Mah | for <the> war | H4421 → |
| עַתָּה֙ | 'a.Tah | now | H6258 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| מִ֣י | mi | whom? | H4310 → |
| בָטַ֔חְתָּ | va.Tach.ta | do you rely | H982 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| מָרַ֖דְתָּ | ma.Rad.ta | you have rebelled | H4775 → |
| בִּֽי׃ | Bi | against me |
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