Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
Isaiah 37:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers [the Nile streams] of Egypt. American Standard Version (1901) I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. Common English Bible I have dug wells, have drunk water in foreign lands. With my own feet, I dried up all of Egypt’s streams.” Catholic Public Domain Version I dug deep, and I drank water, and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have digged, and drunk water: and have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers shut up in banks. |
Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
For he said: I have done this by my own strength and wisdom, for I am clever. I abolished the borders of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants. ,
My hand has reached out, as if into a nest, to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered the whole earth. No wing fluttered; no beak opened or chirped.
The water of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry.
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
But the royal spokesman replied, ‘Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine? ’
For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand as in a vegetable garden.