Parallel Verses
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
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?
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 on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."
3 Now there were four
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Numbers 5:2-4
"Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.
Numbers 12:14
But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again."
Leviticus 13:45-46
"The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, 'Unclean, unclean.'
2 Kings 5:1
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
2 Kings 7:4
If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die."
2 Kings 8:4
Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done."
Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 27:13
Why will you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?