Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad.”

King James Version

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

Holman Bible

I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

International Standard Version

"I'll kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."

A Conservative Version

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

American Standard Version

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Amplified


“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.”

Bible in Basic English

And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

Darby Translation

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, and it consumed the palaces of the son of Hadad.

King James 2000

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Ben-hadad."

Modern King James verseion

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, which shall consume the palace of Benhadad."

NET Bible

"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad."

New Heart English Bible

"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad."

The Emphasized Bible

Then will I kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, - And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Webster

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

World English Bible

I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will kindle
יצת 
Yatsath 
Usage: 29

a fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

in the wall
חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

דּרמשׂק דּוּמשׂק דּמּשׂקo 
Dammeseq 
Usage: 45

and it shall consume
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

the palaces
ארמון 
'armown 
Usage: 33

References

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Damascus

26 “Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.
27 “I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad.”
28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord,
“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the men of the east.


Cross References

1 Kings 15:18-20

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

Amos 1:3-5

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

1 Kings 20:1-22

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

2 Kings 13:3

So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.

2 Kings 13:5

The Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as formerly.

Jeremiah 43:12

And I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

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