2 Kings 19:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’”
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“Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise--it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 19:28 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- 2 Kings 19:33He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Job 41:13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- Psalms 74:23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
- Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Isaiah 30:28His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Ezekiel 19:9With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
- Ezekiel 35:13You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
- Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- Amos 4:2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Luke 6:11But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
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