Isaiah 36

KJVNow it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

GIGAKJVNow it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

KJVAnd the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

GIGAKJVAnd the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the water channel of the upper pool, on the road to the cloth washer's field.

KJVThen came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

GIGAKJVThen Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who managed the palace, came out to him, along with Shebna the scribe and Joah, Asaph's son, the record keeper.

KJVAnd Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

GIGAKJVAnd Rabshakeh said to them, Tell Hezekiah, This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of your confidence?

KJVI say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

GIGAKJVYou say, "I have counsel and strength for war," but I say these are only empty words. Who are you trusting in now, that you rebel against me?

KJVLo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

GIGAKJVYou are leaning on Egypt, a staff made of a broken reed. If a man leans on it, it will pierce his hand. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to all who trust in him.

KJVBut if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

GIGAKJVBut if you say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

KJVNow therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

GIGAKJVNow therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

KJVHow 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?

GIGAKJVHow then can you turn back even one of my master's least important officers, while relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

KJVAnd am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

GIGAKJVAnd have I now come up against this land to destroy it without the Lord? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

KJVThen said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

GIGAKJVThen Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah where the people on the wall can hear.

KJVBut Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

GIGAKJVBut Rabshakeh said, Did my master send me to speak these words to your master and to you? Did he not send me to the men sitting on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine along with you?

KJVThen Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

GIGAKJVThen Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in the language of Judah, saying, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

KJVThus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

GIGAKJVThe king says this, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he shall not be able to deliver you.

KJVHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

GIGAKJVDo not listen to Hezekiah. For the king of Assyria says this, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern.

KJVUntil I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

GIGAKJVUntil I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

KJVBeware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

GIGAKJVBe careful that Hezekiah does not persuade you when he says, "The Lord will deliver us." Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

KJVWhere are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

GIGAKJVWhere are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

KJVBut they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

GIGAKJVBut they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king had commanded, Do not answer him.

KJVThen came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

GIGAKJVThen Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who managed the palace, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the record keeper, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him what Rabshakeh had said.