2 Kings 19:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.””
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“I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 19:24 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- 2 Samuel 17:13If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
- 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- Isaiah 19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
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