2 Kings 2:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.”
2 Kings 2:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 2:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 2:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.”
2 Kings 2:17 — World English Bible
2 Kings 2:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. ”
2 Kings 2:17 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 2:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;”
2 Kings 2:17 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 2:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him. ”
2 Kings 2:17 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 2:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yet they were instant vpon him, til he was ashamed: wherefore he saide, Sende. So they sent fiftie men, which sought three dayes, but founde him not.”
2 Kings 2:17 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 2:17 in Context — 2 Kings 2
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
What Does 2 Kings 2:17 Mean?
2 Kings 2:17 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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