Parallel Verses

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 Dothan.”

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.

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

and spy
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

איכה 
'eykoh 
Usage: 1

he is, that I may send
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

and fetch
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

him. And it was told
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

References

Context Readings

Arameans Plot To Take Elisha

12 And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." 13 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 Dothan.” 14 So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Cross References

Genesis 37:17

And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

1 Samuel 23:22-23

Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning.

Psalm 10:8-10

He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

Psalm 37:12-14

The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,

Psalm 37:32-33

The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

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 seize Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.

Matthew 2:4-8

and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

John 11:47-53

So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

Acts 23:12-27

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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