2 Kings 18:27 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁷ And the Raḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ But the Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and you only to say these things? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall [whom Hezekiah has doomed to be forced] to eat their own dung and drink their own urine along with you?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ But Rabshakeh said unto them, 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 on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

Common English Bible

²⁷ The field commander said to them, “Did my master send me to speak these words just to you and your master and not also to the men on the wall? They are the ones who will have to eat their dung and drink their urine along with you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: "Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?"

2 Kings 18:27 Cross References

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And the sovereign of Ashshur sent the Tartan, and the Raḇ

2 Kings 18:26

Then said Elyaqim son of Ḥ

2 Kings 18:28

And the Raḇ

2 Kings 6:25

And there was a great scarcity of food in Shomeron. And see, they besieged it until a donkey’s head went at eighty pieces of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five pieces of silver.

Psalm 73:8

They mock and speak in the evil of oppression; They speak loftily.

Isaiah 36:12

But the Raḇ

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the infant has clung To the roof of its mouth for thirst; Children asked for bread, No one breaks it for them.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who ate delicacies Have been laid waste in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Have embraced dunghills.

Ezekiel 4:13

And יהוה  said, “Even so the children of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 4:15

And He said to me, “See, I am giving you the dung of cattle instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”