2 Kings 17:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 17:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּמְצָא֩
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אַשּׁ֨וּר
ʼAshshûwr
H804
Assyria
בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ
Hôwshêaʻ
H1954
Hosea
קֶ֗שֶׁר
qesher
H7195
conspiracy
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
שָׁלַ֤ח
shâlach
H7971
to send
מַלְאָכִים֙
mălʼâk
H4397
messenger
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
ס֣וֹא
Çôwʼ
H5471
So
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
וְלֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
הֶעֱלָ֥ה
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מִנְחָ֛ה
minchâh
H4503
offering
לְמֶ֥לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אַשּׁ֖וּר
ʼAshshûwr
H804
Assyria
כְּשָׁנָ֣ה
shâneh
H8141
year
בְשָׁנָ֑ה
shâneh
H8141
year
וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֨הוּ֙
ʻâtsâr
H6113
to restrain
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אַשּׁ֔וּר
ʼAshshûwr
H804
Assyria
וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ
ʼâçar
H631
to bind
בֵּ֥ית
bayith
H1004
house
כֶּֽלֶא
keleʼ
H3608
confinement
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king of Assyria found a conspiracy in Hoshea, that he had sent messengers to So, the king of Egypt, and he had not brought up tribute to the king of Assyria, as year by year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in a house of imprisonment.
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