2 Kings 7:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?Leprosy was a term used for various skin diseases; here and in verse 8; see Leviticus 13.

KJV

¶ And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

WEB

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

ASV

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

LSV

And four men have been leprous at the opening of the gate, and they say to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we have died?

YLT

And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, 'What — we are sitting here till we have died;

DBY

And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

DRC

Now there were four lepers, at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another: What mean we to stay here till we die?

GNV

Nowe there were foure leprous men at the entring in of the gate: and they saide one to an other, Why sitte we here vntill we die?

JPS

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?

LXXE

And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?

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WLC

וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים הָי֥וּ מְצֹרָעִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֔הוּ מָ֗ה אֲנַ֛חְנוּ יֹשְׁבִ֥ים פֹּ֖ה עַד־מָֽתְנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τέσσαρες ἄνδρες ἦσαν λεπροὶ παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, τί ἡμεῖς καθήμεθα ὧδε ἕως ἀποθάνωμεν;

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• Leviticus 13:45–46A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place…
• Numbers 5:2–4“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. You must send away male and female alike; send them outside…
• 2 Kings 7:4If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if…
• Numbers 12:14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
• 2 Kings 8:4Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
• Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 27:13Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a…

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