2 Kings 18:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.”
2 Kings 18:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 18:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 18:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able on your part to set riders on them.”
2 Kings 18:23 — World English Bible
2 Kings 18:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ”
2 Kings 18:23 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 18:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And, now, give a pledge for thee, I pray thee, to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to give for thee riders on them.”
2 Kings 18:23 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 18:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now, engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou canst set the riders upon them. ”
2 Kings 18:23 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 18:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshur, and I will giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders vpon them.”
2 Kings 18:23 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 18:23 in Context — 2 Kings 18
21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24 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?
25 Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
What Does 2 Kings 18:23 Mean?
2 Kings 18:23 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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