2 Kings 19:26

26 Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

2 Kings 19:26 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
English Standard Version (ESV)
26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown.
New Living Translation (NLT)
26 That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.
The Message Bible (MSG)
26 Leaving their people dispirited, slumped shoulders, limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass, insubstantial as wind-blown chaff.
American Standard Version (ASV)
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
26 Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, scorched before it sprouted.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
26 Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
26 Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.

2 Kings 19:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:26

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:26 In-Context

24 I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25 “ ‘Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
26 Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.
27 “ ‘But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’

Cross References 4

  • 1. Isaiah 13:7; Ezekiel 7:17; Zephaniah 3:16
  • 2. Psalms 6:10; Psalms 71:24; Psalms 83:17; Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 8:9
  • 3. Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:2; Jeremiah 23:5
  • 4. Job 8:12; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 129:6
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