2 Chronicles 32:19
 2 Chronicles 32:19 
New International Version (©2011)
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world--the work of human hands.

New Living Translation (©2007)
These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.

International Standard Version (©2012)
In doing so, they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the nations of the earth that are made by the hands of human beings.

NET Bible (©2006)
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the gods made by human hands and worshiped by the people in other countries.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

American King James Version
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men.

Darby Bible Translation
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

32:1-23 Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A believing confidence in God, will raise us above the prevailing fear of man. Let the good subjects and soldiers of Jesus Christ, rest upon his word, and boldly say, Since God is for us, who can be against us? By the favour of God, enemies are lost, and friends gained.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 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.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem,.... The only living and true God, whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem professed to be their God, and who was worshipped by them in the temple there:

as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man; they made no difference between the one and the other, but spoke as freely and as contemptibly of the one as of the other, see Isaiah 36:19.


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Sennacherib Boasts against the Lord
17He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand. 18Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. 19And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

2 Chronicles 32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this.
Psalm 115:4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.