4They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings32:4 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac king of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
4So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed 32:4 Lit in the midst ofthrough the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”
4So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”
4So many people came together, and they stopped up all the springs and the brook which flowed [underground] through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find an abundance of water?”
4Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings32:4 Hebrew; LXX and Syriac king of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
4They gathered together a large group of people. They blocked all the springs. They also blocked the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they asked.