Parallel Verses
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.
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!"
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.
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, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest 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 sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 37:17
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, 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 hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.
Psalm 10:8-10
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
Psalm 37:12-14
The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalm 37:32-33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay 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 Jehovah hid them.
Matthew 2:4-8
And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
John 11:47-53
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.
Acts 23:12-27
And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.