2 Kings 18:24 “For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s…”

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

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?

American Standard Version

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?

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?

Darby Translation

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!

Young's Literal Translation

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?

Bible in Basic English

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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Cross references

“How then”

Isaiah 10:8 Daniel 4:22 Daniel 4:37 Daniel 2:37 Daniel 2:38

Isaiah 10:8 · BSB

“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

Daniel 4:22 · BSB

you, 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.

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now 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.

Daniel 2:37 · BSB

You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 2:38 · BSB

Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

“thy trust”

2 Kings 18:21 Deuteronomy 17:16 Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 31:3 Isaiah 36:6 Isaiah 36:9

2 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Look 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.

Deuteronomy 17:16 · BSB

But 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 31:1 · BSB

Woe 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 31:3 · BSB

But 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.

Isaiah 36:6 · BSB

Look 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.

Isaiah 36:9 · BSB

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?

“chariots”

Psalm 20:7 Psalm 20:8

Psalm 20:7 · BSB

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20:8 · BSB

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

25So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

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