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2 Chronicles 32:19
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17 He also wrote letters to revile the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, a“As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my bhand.”  
18 aThen they called out with a loud voice in1 Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city.  
19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth—athe work of men’s hands.  

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

20 aNow because of this King Hezekiah and bthe prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.  
21 aThen the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned bshamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.  
22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and1 guided them on every side.  
23 And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and apresents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was bexalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 32:19

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American Standard Version
And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

Amplified® Bible
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men.

Contemporary English Version
The officials talked about the LORD God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.

Darby English Version
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.

Good News Bible
They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.

King James Version
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

New American Standard Bible
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

New International Version
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of men's hands.

New King James Version
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth—the work of men’s hands.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

Revised Standard Version
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.

Young's Literal Translation
and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.

New English Translation
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.


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