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Bible in Basic English

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

New American Standard Bible

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s hands.

King James Version

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

Holman Bible

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.

International Standard Version

In doing so, they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the nations of the earth that are made by the hands of human beings.

A Conservative Version

And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

American Standard Version

And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

Amplified

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as [they spoke of] the gods of the peoples of the earth, [which are only] the work of the hands of men.

Darby Translation

And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land, the work of the hand of man.

King James 2000

And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the works of the hands of humankind.

Modern King James verseion

And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of the hands of man.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem; as against the gods of the nations of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men.

NET Bible

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

New Heart English Bible

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

The Emphasized Bible

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, - as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of the hands of men.

Webster

And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man.

World English Bible

They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they spake
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

the God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

as against the gods
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of the hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Verse Info

Context Readings

Sennacherib's Invasion Of Judah

18 These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town; 19 Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands. 20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.



Cross References

2 Kings 19:18

And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Isaiah 2:8

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:13-17

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

Job 15:25-26

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

Psalm 10:13-14

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

Psalm 73:8-11

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

Psalm 76:1-2

In Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is great in Israel,

Psalm 78:68

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

Psalm 87:1-3

This house is resting on the holy mountain.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psalm 135:15-18

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psalm 139:19-20

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

Isaiah 14:32

What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

Isaiah 37:19

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Isaiah 44:16-20

With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:

Jeremiah 1:16

And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

Jeremiah 10:3

For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

Jeremiah 32:30

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

Hosea 8:5-6

I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

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