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Isaiah 36:4

36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. scribe: or, secretary
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What confidence is this in which you trust?

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust?

36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? vain: Heb. a word of lips I have: or, but counsel and strength are for the war

What does Isaiah 36:4 mean?

Isaiah 36:4 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רַבְשָׁקֵה (Rabshâqêh), אָמַר (ʼâmar), חִזְקִיָּה (Chizqîyâh).

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RabshakehרַבְשָׁקֵהRabshâqêh/rab-shaw-kay'/H7262Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
unto
them,
Sayאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
ye
now
to
Hezekiah,חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâh/khiz-kee-yaw'/H2396Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
Thus
saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
the
greatגָּדוֹלgâdôwl/gaw-dole'/H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
king,מֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
the
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
Assyria,אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwr/ash-shoor'/H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
What
confidenceבִּטָּחוֹןbiṭṭâchôwn/bit-taw-khone'/H986trust
is
this
wherein
thou
trustest?בָּטַחbâṭach/baw-takh'/H982figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 36:4.

2 Kings 18:19

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

2 Kings 18:17

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. great: Heb. heavy

2 Kings 18:30

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:10

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:13

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib

2 Kings 18:14

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 18:16

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. it: Heb. them

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?

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What does Isaiah 36:4 say?

Isaiah 36:4 (King James Version) reads: "And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?"

Is Isaiah 36:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 36:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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