Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

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."

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 shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says LORD of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus says LORD: Arise ye. Go up to Kedar, and destroy the sons of the east.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:18-20

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son o

Amos 1:3-5

Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

1 Kings 20:1-22

And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. 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

And the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.

2 Kings 13:5

(And LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians, and the sons of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

Jeremiah 43:12

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go forth from there

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