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2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

BSB

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ASV

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

KJV

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.Henand inhabitants theirH3427
קִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-[were] short ofH7116
יָ֔דYadhandH3027
חַ֖תּוּCha.tuthey were dismayedH2865
וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּvai.ye.Vo.shuand they were ashamedH954
הָי֞וּha.Yuthey wereH1961
עֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sev[the] vegetation ofH6212
שָׂדֶה֙sa.Deh[the] fieldH7704
וִ֣ירַקVi.rakand greenery ofH3419
דֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'grassH1877
חֲצִ֣ירcha.Tzirgrass ofH2682
גַּגּ֔וֹתga.goytroofsH1406
וּשְׁדֵפָ֖הu.she.de.Fahand scorchingH7711
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
קָמָֽה׃ka.Mahstanding grainH7054

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About 2 Kings

Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain