Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he said, Go and see where he is that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
New American Standard Bible
So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told him, saying, “Behold, he is in
King James Version
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Holman Bible
So the king said, “Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him.”
When he was told, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
International Standard Version
So the king ordered, "Go and discover where he is, so I may send men to take him into custody." Later somebody told him, "Look! He's in Dothan!"
American Standard Version
And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Amplified
So he said, “Go and see where he is, so that I may send [men] and seize him.” And he was told, “He is in Dothan.”
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.
Darby Translation
And he said, Go and see where he is, and I will send and fetch him. And it was told him saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, Go, and see where he is, and I will send and take him. And it will be announced to him, saying, Behold, in Dothan.
King James 2000
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said, "Go and see where he [is] so that I can send and capture him." Then he was told to him, "Look, [he is] in Dothan."
Modern King James verseion
And he said, Go and spy where he is, so that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then he said, "Go and spy where he is that I may send and fetch him." And one told the king, saying, "See, he is in Dothan."
NET Bible
The king ordered, "Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him." The king was told, "He is in Dothan."
New Heart English Bible
He said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." It was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan."
The Emphasized Bible
And he said - Go, and see where he is, that I may send and take him. And it was told him, saying - Lo! in Dothan.
Webster
And he said, Go, and spy where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
World English Bible
He said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." It was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan."
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith, 'Go ye and see where he is, and I send and take him;' and it is declared to him, saying, 'Lo -- in Dothan.'
Themes
Dothan » Syrian army made blind at
Israel » Hoshea » History of » Syria » Invades
Joram » Also called jehoram » Has war with the king of syria
Interlinear
Yalak
Ra'ah
Shalach
Nagad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 6:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Arameans Plot To Take Elisha
12 And one of his servants said, No, my lord, O king, but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel tells the king of Israel the words that thou speak in thy bedchamber. 13 And he said, Go and see where he is that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore he sent there horses, and chariots, and a great army. And they came by night, and encompassed the city about.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 37:17
And the man said, They are departed from here, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
1 Samuel 23:22-23
Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there, for it is told me that he deals very shrewdly.
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.
Psalm 37:12-14
The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.
Psalm 37:32-33
A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
Jeremiah 36:26
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but LORD hid them.
Matthew 2:4-8
And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.
John 11:47-53
Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.
Acts 23:12-27
And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.