Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
New American Standard Bible
Now there were four
King James Version
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Holman Bible
Four men with a skin disease
International Standard Version
Now there happened to be four lepers who were at that very moment at the entrance to the city gate. As they were talking with one another, they said, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die?
A Conservative Version
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
American Standard Version
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Amplified
Now four men who were
Darby Translation
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?
Julia Smith Translation
And there were four men being leprous at the entrance of the gate, and they will say a man to his neighbor, What, shall we sit here till our death?
King James 2000
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now four men who had a skin disease were [at] the entrance of the gate, and they said {to each other}, "Why [are] we sitting here until we die?
Modern King James verseion
And four men, lepers, were at the gate entrance. And they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there were four lepers set without the gate of Samaria. And they said each to his companion, "What sit we here until we die?
NET Bible
Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?
New Heart English Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
The Emphasized Bible
Now there were, four men, lepers, at the entrance of the gate, - and they said one to another - Why are, we, sitting here until we are dead?
Webster
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
World English Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
Youngs Literal Translation
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, 'What -- we are sitting here till we have died;
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Leprosy » Those afflicted with » Associated together
Leprosy » Instances of leprosy not mentioned above » Four lepers outside samaria
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The end of the famine in samaria
Topics
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 7:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Four Lepers Report The Departure Of The Arameans
2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food. 3 Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death? 4 If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.
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Names
Cross References
Numbers 5:2-4
Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;
Numbers 12:14
And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.
Leviticus 13:45-46
And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean.
2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
2 Kings 7:4
If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.
2 Kings 8:4
Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
Jeremiah 27:13
Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?