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2 Kings 18:27

NETBible	But the chief adviser said to them, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you.¹ His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.”²
NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But the commander replied, "Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the men sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own filth and drink their own urine?"
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"
NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But Sennacherib’s representative replied, "My master wants everyone in Jerusalem to hear this, not just you. He wants them to know that if you do not surrender, this city will be put under siege. The people will become so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine."
MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But the Rabshakeh said, "We weren't sent with a private message to your master and you; this is public--a message to everyone within earshot. After all, they're involved in this as well as you; if you don't come to terms, they'll be eating their own turds and drinking their own pee right along with you."
BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 18:27	But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 18:27	But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?"
NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?"
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KJV	But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Hath my master <0113> sent <07971> (8804) me to thy master <0113>_, and to thee, to speak <01696> (8763) these words <01697>_? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men <0582> which sit <03427> (8802) on the wall <02346>_, that they may eat <0398> (8800) their own dung <06675> (8675) <02755>_, and drink <08354> (8800) their own piss <04325> <07272> (8675) <07890> with you? {their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet}
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 18:27	But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> to them, "Has my master <0113> sent <07971> me only to your master <0113> and to you to speak <01696> these <0428> words <01697> , and not to the men <0376> who sit <03427> on the wall <02346> , doomed to eat <0398> their own dung <02716> and drink <08354> their own urine <07890> with you?"
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} prov <4314> PREP autouv <846> D-APM raqakhv {N-NSM} mh <3165> ADV epi <1909> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM kurion <2962> N-ASM sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS apesteilen <649> V-AAI-3S me <1473> P-AS o <3588> T-NSM kuriov <2962> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS lalhsai <2980> V-AAN touv <3588> T-APM logouv <3056> N-APM toutouv <3778> D-APM ouci <3364> ADV epi <1909> PREP touv <3588> T-APM andrav <435> N-APM touv <3588> T-APM kayhmenouv <2521> V-PMPAP epi <1909> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN teicouv <5038> N-GSN tou <3588> T-GSN fagein <2068> V-AAN thn <3588> T-ASF kopron {N-ASF} autwn <846> D-GPM kai <2532> CONJ piein <4095> V-AAN to <3588> T-ASN ouron {N-ASN} autwn <846> D-GPM mey <3326> PREP umwn <4771> P-GP ama <260> ADV
NET [draft] ITL	But the chief adviser <07262> said <0559> to <0413> them, “My master <0113> did not send <07971> me to <0413> speak <01696> these <0428> words <01697> only to your master <0113> and to you. His message is also <03808> for <05921> the men <0376> who sit <03427> on <05921> the wall <02346> , for they will eat <0398> their own excrement <02755> and drink <08354> their own urine <07890> along with <05973> you.”
HEBREW	Mkme <05973> Mhylgr ymym {Mhynys} <07890> ta <0853> twtslw <08354> Mtawu {Mhyrx} <02755> ta <0853> lkal <0398> hmxh <02346> le <05921> Mybsyh <03427> Mysnah <0376> le <05921> alh <03808> hlah <0428> Myrbdh <01697> ta <0853> rbdl <01696> ynda <0113> ynxls <07971> Kylaw <0413> Kynda <0113> leh <05921> hqs <07262> br <0> Mhyla <0413> rmayw (18:27) <0559>

NETBible

But the chief adviser said to them, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you.¹ His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.”²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “To your master and to you did my master send me to speak these words?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

²tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.”

²sn The chief adviser alludes to the horrible reality of siege warfare, when the starving people in the besieged city would resort to eating and drinking anything to stay alive.