2 Kings 18:29 “This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot…”

2 Kings 18:29

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

World English Bible

The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

American Standard Version

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus sayth the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you out of mine hand.

Darby Translation

Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [king's] hand.

Young's Literal Translation

thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand;

Bible in Basic English

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

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Cross references

“saith”

Psalm 73:8 Psalm 73:9

Psalm 73:8 · BSB

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Psalm 73:9 · BSB

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

“Let not”

2 Chronicles 32:15 2 Chronicles 32:11 Daniel 3:15–17 Daniel 6:16 2 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Thessalonians 2:8

2 Chronicles 32:15 · BSB

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers.…

2 Chronicles 32:11 · BSB

Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

Daniel 3:15–17 · BSB

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be th…

Daniel 6:16 · BSB

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

2 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 · BSB

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

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

In context

28Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

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