Elisha Captures the Blinded Arameans
2 Kings 6:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.Literally Not once and not twice
- KJV
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
- WEB
- The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
- ASV
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
- LSV
- and the king of Israel sends to the place of which the man of God spoke to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not [just] once and not [just] twice.
- YLT
- and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice.
- DBY
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and he was on his guard there. [That took place] not once, nor twice.Elohim
- DRC
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.
- GNV
- So the King of Israel sent to the place which the man of God tolde him, and warned him of, and saued himselfe from thence, not once, nor twise.
- JPS
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he guarded himself there, not once nor twice.
- LXXE
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which Elisaie mentioned to him, and saved himself thence not once or twice.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְהִזְהִירָהּ (“and he warned her”). Read aloud (Qere): וְהִזְהִיר֖וֹ (“and he warned him”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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- Leningrad Codex reads וְהִזְהִירֹ֖ה; read aloud (Qere) reads וְהִזְהִיר֖וֹ (“and he warned him”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶֽל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָֽמַר־ל֧וֹ אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים והזהירה וְנִשְׁמַ֣ר שָׁ֑ם לֹ֥א אַחַ֖ת וְלֹ֥א שְׁתָּֽיִם׃Read aloud as (qere): וְהִזְהִיר֖וֹ
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐλισαιὲ, καὶ ἐφυλάξατο ἐκεῖθεν οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο.
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- Ezekiel 3:18–21If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for…
- 2 Kings 5:14So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
- Proverbs 27:12The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- 2 Kings 13:14When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
- 2 Kings 2:12As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
- Matthew 24:15–17So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop…
- Matthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
- Exodus 9:20–21Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter, but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
- 1 Kings 20:15So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld;…
- Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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