Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him.

King James Version

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Holman Bible

However, they urged him to the point of embarrassment, so he said, “Send them.” They sent 50 men, who looked for three days but did not find him.

International Standard Version

But they persisted until he was frustrated, so he said, "Send them out!" So they sent out the 50 men, and they looked around for three days but did not find Elijah.

A Conservative Version

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. Therefore they sent fifty men. And they sought three days, but did not find him.

American Standard Version

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Amplified

But when they urged him until he was embarrassed [to refuse them], he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

Bible in Basic English

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

Darby Translation

And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will press upon him till he was ashamed, and he will say, Send. And they will send fifty men; and they will seek three days, and they found not

King James 2000

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send them. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But they urged him until embarrassing [him], so he said, "Send them." So they sent fifty men, and they looked for three days, but they could not find him.

Modern King James verseion

And they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. And they sent fifty men. And they looked for three days, but did not find him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless yet they lay upon him, till he was ashamed, and said, "Send." And they sent fifty men which sought him three days and three nights, but found him not.

NET Bible

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, "Send them out." They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.

New Heart English Bible

When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but did not find him.

The Emphasized Bible

But, when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said - Send. So they sent fifty men, and made search three days, but found him not.

Webster

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

World English Bible

When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּצר 
Patsar 
Usage: 7

בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

he said

Usage: 0

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

חמשּׁים 
Chamishshiym 
Usage: 163

men
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

but found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

References

Context Readings

Elisha Begins His Ministry

16 They said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men, please let them go and search for your master; perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.” 17 But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him. 18 They returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”

Cross References

2 Kings 8:11

He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

2 Samuel 18:22-23

Now Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, “But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why would you run, my son, since you will have no reward for going?”

Luke 11:8

I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

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