2 Kings 18:20

Hebrew
ESV
Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?
NIV
You say you have strategy and military strength-but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?
NLT
Do you think that mere words can substitute for military skill and strength? Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against me?
LXX
εἶπας πλὴν λόγοιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος

Meaning

* A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son

Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω.

λόγος in Greek Thought

Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.…
χειλέων βουλὴ καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
δύναμις εἰς πόλεμον νῦν οὖν τίνι πεποιθὼς ἠθέτησας ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
ἐμοί
KJV
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

2 Kings 18:19 ← 2 Kings 18:20 → 2 Kings 18:21

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