Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?

King James Version

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Holman Bible

Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?

International Standard Version

Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?

A Conservative Version

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

American Standard Version

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Amplified


“Is not Calno [conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]?
Is not Hamath [subdued] like Arpad [her neighbor]?
Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Aram]?

Bible in Basic English

Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Darby Translation

Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

Julia Smith Translation

Is not as Carchemish, Calno? if not as Arpad, Hamath? if not as Damascus, Shomeron?

King James 2000

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Is] not Calno like Carchemish? [Is] not Hamath like Arpad? [Is] not Samaria like Damascus?

Modern King James verseion

Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Is not Calno as easy to win as Carchemish? Is it harder to conquer Hamath than Arpad? Or is it lighter to overcome Damascus than Samaria?"

NET Bible

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?

New Heart English Bible

Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?"

The Emphasized Bible

Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus?

Webster

Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

World English Bible

Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Is not Calno
כּלנו כּלנה כּלנה 
Kalneh 
Usage: 3

כּרכּמישׁ 
Kark@miysh 
Usage: 3

is not Hamath
חמת 
Chamath 
Usage: 36

as Arpad
ארפּד 
'Arpad 
Usage: 6

is not Samaria
שׁמרון 
Shom@rown 
Usage: 109

Context Readings

Judgment On Assyria's Arrogance

8 He boasts: 'Every one of my commanders is a king! 9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand took hold of the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose carved images were greater then those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and captured it. He took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

2 Chronicles 35:20

Later, when Josiah had repaired the Temple, King Necho of Egypt came to fight a battle at Carchemish at the Euphrates River. Josiah went to attack him.

Genesis 10:10

The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in Shinar.

Jeremiah 46:2

This is the message about [EGYPT], about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated his army at Carchemish along the Euphrates River during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah.

2 Samuel 8:9

Soon King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army.

2 Kings 17:5-6

Then the king of Assyria invaded the land and advanced to Samaria. He besieged the city for three years.

2 Kings 17:24

Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel. They acquired Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

2 Kings 18:9-10

It was the fourth year of King Hezekiah, the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel. Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and laid siege to it.

Isaiah 7:8

Because the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.

Isaiah 17:3

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom (sovereignty) from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the children of Israel, proclaims Jehovah of Hosts.

Isaiah 36:19

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Did they rescue Samaria from my control?

Isaiah 37:13

Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena or Ivvah?'

Jeremiah 49:23

This is what Jehovah said about Damascus: The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.

Amos 6:1-2

Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes!

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