2 Kings 18:24 — Bible Verse (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?”

2 Kings 18:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 18:24 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 18:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?”

2 Kings 18:24 — World English Bible

2 Kings 18:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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? ”

2 Kings 18:24 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 18:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?”

2 Kings 18:24 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 18:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!”

2 Kings 18:24 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 18:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?”

2 Kings 18:24 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 18:24 in Context — 2 Kings 18

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.

26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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What Does 2 Kings 18:24 Mean?

2 Kings 18:24 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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