Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

New American Standard Bible

Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.”

King James Version

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Holman Bible

He announced, “May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

International Standard Version

He said, "May God do to me and more also! if the head of Shaphat's son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!"

A Conservative Version

Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

American Standard Version

Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Amplified

Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”

Bible in Basic English

Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

Darby Translation

And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, Thus will God do to me, and thus will he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat, shall stand upon him this day.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then he said, "May God do to me and thus may he add, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!"

Modern King James verseion

And he said, May God do so, and more also, to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then he said, "God do so and so to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat tarry on him this day!"

NET Bible

Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!"

New Heart English Bible

Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day."

The Emphasized Bible

And he said - So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add, - if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remain on him, to-day!

Webster

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

World English Bible

Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day."

Youngs Literal Translation

And he saith, 'Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add -- if it remain -- the head of Elisha son of Shaphat -- upon him this day.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

so and more
יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

also to me, if the head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of Elisha
אלישׁע 
'Eliysha` 
Usage: 58

of Shaphat
שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 8

References

Easton

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Besieged Samaria Resorts To Cannibalism

30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

Cross References

Ruth 1:17

Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

1 Samuel 3:17

And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said unto you? I pray you hide it not from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he said unto you.

1 Samuel 14:44

And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for you shall surely die, Jonathan.

1 Samuel 25:22

God do so and more also unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that belong to him by the morning light even one male.

2 Samuel 3:9

So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

2 Samuel 3:35

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, till the sun be down.

2 Samuel 19:13

And say you to Amasa, Are you not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you be not captain of the army before me continually in the place of Joab.

1 Kings 2:23

Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

1 Kings 18:17

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Are you he that troubles Israel?

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Jeremiah 37:15-16

Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

Jeremiah 38:4

Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the harm.

John 11:50

Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

Acts 23:12-13

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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