2 Kings 18:35

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Kings 18:35 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Who among all of the gods of the lands that have delivered their land from my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that haue deliuered their lande out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    Who `are they' among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Who [are they] among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that YHWH delivers Jerusalem out of my hand?”
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Among all the gods of the lands, is there any god who has rescued his land from my power? How could Yahweh save Jerusalem from my might?”
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Who among all of the gods of the lands that have delivered their land from my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Which are they among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Which one of all the gods of these countries has saved their land from me? How then could the Lord save Jerusalem from me?”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'

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הִצִּ֥ילוּ
nâtsal
H5337
“to rescue”
Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
Part of Speech
Verb
Stem
Hiphil
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Perfect
Person
3rd Person
Gender
Common
Number
Plural
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 1404

to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder - (Niphal) - to tear oneself away, deliver oneself - to be torn out or away, be delivered - (Piel) - to strip off, spoil - to deliver - (Hiphil) - to take away, snatch away - to rescue, recover - to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death) - to deliver from sin and guilt - (Hophal) to be plucked out - (Hithpael) to strip oneself
  1. מִ֚י mîy H4310 “who” Particle, Interrogative
  2. בְּכָל kôl H3605 “in/at · all of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  3. אֱלֹהֵ֣י ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  4. הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת ʼerets H776 “the · lands” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
  5. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  6. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  7. אַרְצָ֖ם ʼerets H776 “land · their” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  8. מִיָּדִ֑י yâd H3027 “from · hand · my” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  9. כִּי kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  10. יַצִּ֧יל nâtsal H5337 “to rescue” Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. יְהוָ֛ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  12. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  13. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 “Jerusalem” Noun, Proper
  14. מִיָּדִֽי yâd H3027 “from · hand · my” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular

About this verse

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15
words
11
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 8 nouns
  • 1 conjunction
  • 4 particles

Verb forms

  • הִצִּ֥ילוּ Hiphil · Perfect
  • יַצִּ֧יל Hiphil · Imperfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת land H776 ×2
  • הִצִּ֥ילוּ to rescue H5337 ×2
  • מִיָּדִ֑י hand H3027 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 28 words from the Hebrew and 29 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 23 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Kings 18:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Daniel 3:15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to you fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
  • Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
  • 2 Kings 19:17 Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
  • 2 Chronicles 32:15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
  • Job 15:25–26 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
  • Psalms 2:1–2 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing?
  • Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? as if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
  • Isaiah 37:23–29 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Kings 18:35 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

מִ֚י בְּכָל אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת אַרְצָ֖ם מִיָּדִ֑י כִּי יַצִּ֧יל יְהוָ֛ה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מִיָּדִֽי

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Kings 18:35 Septuagint · lemma form

τίς ἐν πᾶς ὁ θεός ὁ γαῖα ὅς ἐκαἱρέω ὁ γῆ αὐτός ἐκ χείρ ἐγώ ὅτι ἐκαἱρέω κύριος ὁ ἰερουσαλήμ ἐκ χείρ ἐγώ

Who is there among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    מַן בְּכָל דַחֲלַת מְדִינָתָא דְשֵׁיזִיבוּ יַת אַרְעֲהוֹן מִן יְדָי אֲרֵי יְשֵׁיזִיב יְיָ יַת יְרוּשְׁלֵם מִן יְדָי:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 2 Kings 18:35 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ki 18:35 Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

Ver. 35. Who are they among all the gods?] See 2Ki 18:30.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God did most sharply punish it.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(35) The countries.—Which I have myself conquered.

That the Lord should deliver . . .—Ewald explains here, as in the last verse, much less will Jehovah deliver, &c., taking kî, “that,” as equivalent to ‘aph ki.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

35. that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem] Rab-shakeh should have had a better memory. In verse 25 he said he had the Lord’s command to destroy Jerusalem; but here, forgetful, he speaks of the same Lord as one who might be expected to defend it.

Or does he only speak ex concesso, taking the ground of those whom he addresses? They thought the Lord would deliver. ‘If you do think so’, would then be his meaning, ‘what reason have you for your belief’?

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Who are they among all the gods of the countriesi.e. , the countries with which Assyria had been at warthat have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? Produce an example of deliverance," Rabshakeh means to say, "before you speak of deliverance as probable, or even possible. If you cannot, relinquish the hope, and submit yourselves." Rabshakeh cannot conceive the idea that Jehovah is anything but a local god, on a par with all the other gods of the countries.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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2 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 15 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is nâtsal (“to rescue”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “to rescue” (nâtsal) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Daniel 3:15, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “land” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «הִצִּ֥ילוּ» is a Hiphil Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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