| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 2Ki 18:20 | Strong Concordance | Thou sayest [0559], (but they are but vain [08193] words [01697],) I have counsel [06098] and strength [01369] for the war [04421]. Now on whom dost thou trust [0982], that thou rebellest [04775] against me? |
| King James | Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hezekiah no doubt believed that in the "counsel" of Eliakim and Isaiah, and in the "strength" promised him by Egypt, he had resources which justified him in provoking a war. Vain words - literally, as in margin, i. e., a mere word, to which the facts do not correspond. |