Isaiah 36:9

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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WEBBE

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

BSB

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

KJV

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

ASV

How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

BBE

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

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וְאֵיךְ ve·'eikh and how H349 תָּשִׁיב ta·shiv will you turn back H7725 אֵת 'et (marks the object) H853 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 פַחַת fa·chat [the] governor H6346 אַחַד 'a·chad (of) one of H259 עַבְדֵי 'av·dei [the] servants of H5650 אֲדֹנִי 'a·do·ni master my H113 הַקְטַנִּים hak·ta·nim (the) little H6996 וַתִּבְטַח va·tiv·tach and you have been relying H982 לְךָ le·kha (for) yourself H9031 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 מִצְרַיִם mitz·ra·yim Egypt H4714 לְרֶכֶב le·re·khev for chariotry H7393 וּלְפָרָשִׁים u·le·fa·ra·shim and for horsemen H6571

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2 Kings 18:24

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.