2nd Chronicles Chapter 32 verse 19 Holy Bible
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.
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Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
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And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.
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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.
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And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man.
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They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
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and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - As against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of men. Our compiler, at all events, signalizes the difference, which Sennacherib worse than minimizes, between the God of Israel and the so-called gods of the surrounding heathen nations.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) They spake against.--Or, spake of Literally, unto. (Comp. Psalm 2:7; Psalm 3:2.)People.--Peoples.The work.--The versions have "works." Instead of repeating the offers which the Assyrian envoys made to the people of Jerusalem, to induce them to submit, the chronicler dwells on that blasphemy against the God of Israel which was the cause of the Assyrian overthrow.The work of the hands of man.--A reminiscence of 2Kings 19:18 : "And they put their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of human hands, wood and stone" (part of Hezekiah's prayer).