Gehazi’s Greed and Leprosy
2 Kings 5:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
- KJV
- And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.tower: or, secret place
- WEB
- When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
- ASV
- And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
- LSV
- and he comes to the high place, and takes [them] out of their hand, and lays [them] up in the house, and sends the men away, and they go.
- YLT
- and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.
- DBY
- And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
- DRC
- And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away, and they departed.
- GNV
- And when he came to the towre, he tooke them out of their handes, and laide them in the house, and sent away the men: and they departed.
- JPS
- And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and deposited them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
- LXXE
- And he came to a secret place, and took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and dismissed the men.Gr. a dark place, or the dark.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־הָעֹ֔פֶל וַיִּקַּ֥ח מִיָּדָ֖ם וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד בַּבָּ֑יִת וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ σκοτεινὸν, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ παρέθετο ἐν οἴκῳ, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τοὺς ἄνδρας.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the…
- Joshua 7:11–12Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own…
- 1 Kings 21:16And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of…
- Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Habakkuk 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
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