2 Kings 2:20

In 11 translations

BSB

“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,

KJV

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

WEB

He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.

ASV

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

LSV

And he says, “Bring a new dish to me, and place salt there”; and they bring [it] to him,

YLT

And he saith, 'Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring [it] unto him,

DBY

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

DRC

And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

GNV

Then he saide, Bring me a newe cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

JPS

And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

LXXE

And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took one, and brought it to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר קְחוּ־לִי֙ צְלֹחִ֣ית חֲדָשָׁ֔ה וְשִׂ֥ימוּ שָׁ֖ם מֶ֑לַח וַיִּקְח֖וּ אֵלָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιὲ λάβετέ μοι ὑδρίσκην καινὴν, καὶ θέτε ἐκεῖ ἅλα· καὶ ἔλαβον, καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς αὐτόν.

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• Elisha, the jeering boys and the two bears At Jericho, Elisha throws salt into a harmful spring and announces that the LORD has healed it. On the road up to Bethel, young people from …

Cross-references most cited first

• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My…
• Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
• Ezekiel 47:11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

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