Parallel Verses
NET Bible
After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.
New American Standard Bible
At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to
King James Version
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
Holman Bible
When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years,
International Standard Version
At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the territory of the Philistines and went to the king in order to file an appeal regarding her house and her grain field.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the seven years end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
Amplified
At the end of the seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to appeal to the king [of Israel] for her house and for her land.
Bible in Basic English
And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be from the end of seven years, and the woman will turn back from the land of the rovers, and come to cry to the king for her house and for her field.
King James 2000
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It happened at the end of seven years that the woman returned from the land of [the] Philistines and went out to appeal to the king for her household and for her {properties}.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened at the end of seven years, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. And she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And at the seven years' end, when the woman was come again out of the land of the Philistines she went out to speak to the king for her house and for her land.
New Heart English Bible
It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, - and she went forth to make outcry unto the king, concerning her house and concerning her field.
Webster
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house, and for her land.
World English Bible
It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.
Themes
Elisha » Prophecies of » Foretells » Seven years of famine in the land of canaan
Elisha » Causes the king to restore the property of the hospitable shunammite woman
Judge » Kings and other rulers as
Topics
Interlinear
Sheba`
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Qatseh
Shuwb
'erets
Yatsa'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joram Restores The Shunammite's Land
2 So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years. 3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 4 Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet's servant, and said, "Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done."
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:4
So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, "Please help me, O king!"
2 Kings 4:13
Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure."
2 Kings 6:26
While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Help us, my master, O king!"
2 Kings 8:6
The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, "Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now."
Psalm 82:3-4
Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
Jeremiah 22:16
He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.' The Lord says, 'That is a good example of what it means to know me.'
Luke 18:3-5
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'