2 Kings 6:21

In 11 translations

BSB

And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

KJV

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

WEB

The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”

ASV

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

LSV

And the king of Israel says to Elisha at his seeing them, “My father, do I strike, do I strike?”

YLT

And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, 'Do I smite — do I smite — my father?'

DBY

And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite? shall I smite [them]?

DRC

And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?

GNV

And the King of Israel sayde vnto Elisha when he sawe them, My father, shall I smite them, shall I smite them?

JPS

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them: 'My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?'

LXXE

And the king of Israel said to Elisaie, when he saw them, Shall I not verily smite them, my father?

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֔ע כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ אוֹתָ֑ם הַאַכֶּ֥ה אַכֶּ֖ה אָבִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραήλ πρὸς Ἑλισαιὲ, ὡς εἶδεν αὐτοὺς, εἰ πατάξας πατάξω, πάτερ;

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• 2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
• 2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I…
• 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.
• 1 Samuel 24:19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
• 1 Samuel 24:4So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a…
• Luke 9:54–56When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. And He and His disciples went on to another village.
• 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!”
• Luke 22:49Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”
• 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

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