Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a
King James Version
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Holman Bible
Then the people went out and plundered the Aramean camp.
It was then that six quarts
International Standard Version
At this, the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. At that time, a seah of finely ground flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the LORD's message.
A Conservative Version
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of LORD.
American Standard Version
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was'sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
Amplified
Then the people [of Israel] went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So [goods were so plentiful that] a measure of finely-milled flour [was sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the word of the Lord [as spoken through Elisha].
Bible in Basic English
Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.
Darby Translation
And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will go out and plunder the camp of Aram. And a measure of fine flour will be for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah
King James 2000
And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So the people went out and plundered the camp of [the] Arameans. A seah of wheat flour [went] for a shekel and two seahs of barley [went] for a shekel according to the word of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. And it happened, a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the Word of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And then the people went out and robbed the tents of the Syrians. And so a bushel of flour was sold for a sicle, and two bushels of barley for a sicle, according to the word of the LORD.
NET Bible
Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would.
New Heart English Bible
The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Then went the people forth and spoiled the camp of the Syrians, - and so there came to be - a measure of fine meal for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
Webster
And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
World English Bible
The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Measure » A seah, about a peck and a half
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The end of the famine in samaria
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Remarkable plenty in, as foretold by elisha
Interlinear
Dabar
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prophecy Fulfilled
15
The men went to the Jordan. Along the road they saw the clothes and equipment that the Syrians had abandoned as they fled. Then they returned and reported to the king.
16 So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a
Cross References
2 Kings 7:1
Elisha answered: Hear the word of Jehovah: 'By this time tomorrow you will be able to buy in Samaria ten pounds of the best wheat or twenty pounds of barley for one piece of silver.'
Isaiah 33:4
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
Isaiah 33:23
Your rigging hangs loose. The mast is not held secure and the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
Numbers 23:19
God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?
1 Samuel 17:53
The sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines. They plundered their tents.
2 Chronicles 14:12-15
Jehovah helped Asa and his army defeat the Ethiopians. The enemy soldiers ran away,
2 Chronicles 20:25
Jehoshaphat and his troops came to take the loot. They found among them a lot of goods, clothes, and valuables. They found more than they could carry. They spent three days collecting the loot.
Job 27:16-17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
Psalm 68:12
They say: The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you who destroy for you have not been destroyed! Woe to you who betray for you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying you will be betrayed.
Isaiah 44:26
I make the word of my servant come true. I accomplish the purpose of my messengers. I say of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited!' And I say to the cities of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt! I will make your ruins raise up.'
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.