2 Kings 19:26
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Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
In other translations
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
Hebrew words
וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶןveyosheveihenand inhabitants theirH3427קִצְרֵי־kitzrei-[were] short ofH7116יָדyadhandH3027חַתּוּchatuthey were dismayedH2865וַיֵּבֹשׁוּvaiyevoshuand they were ashamedH954הָיוּhayuthey wereH1961עֵשֶׂב'esev[the] vegetation ofH6212שָׂדֶהsadeh[the] fieldH7704וִירַקvirakand greenery ofH3419דֶּשֶׁאdeshe'grassH1877חֲצִירchatzirgrass ofH2682גַּגּוֹתgagoytroofsH1406וּשְׁדֵפָהushedefahand scorchingH7711לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440קָמָה׃kamahstanding grainH7054
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