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2 Kings 18:24

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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ASV

How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

KJV

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֵ֣יךְve.'Eikhand how?H349 →
תָּשִׁ֗יבta.Shivwill you turn backH7725 →
אֵ֠ת'et<obj.>H853 →
פְּנֵ֨יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
פַחַ֥תfa.Chat[the] governorH6346 →
אַחַ֛ד'a.Chad<of> one ofH259 →
עַבְדֵ֥י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650 →
אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nimaster myH113 →
הַקְּטַנִּ֑יםha.ke.ta.Nim<the> smallH6996 →
וַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.Tachand you have been relyingH982 →
לְךָ֙le.Kha<for> yourself
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
לְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevfor chariotryH7393 →
וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.le.fa.ra.Shimand for horsemenH6571 →

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Isaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.2 Kings 18:21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Isaiah 36:9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?Psalms 20:7–8Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.Jeremiah 42:14–18and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Daniel 2:37–38You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.Ezekiel 17:17Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.Daniel 4:22you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.Genesis 50:9Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.

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