2 Kings 5:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.”

2 Kings 5:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 5:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 5:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria; he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.”

2 Kings 5:1 — World English Bible

2 Kings 5:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. ”

2 Kings 5:1 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 5:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour--leprous.”

2 Kings 5:1 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 5:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, [but] a leper. ”

2 Kings 5:1 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 5:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Now was there one Naaman captaine of the hoste of the King of Aram, a great man, and honourable in the sight of his lorde, because that by him the Lord had deliuered the Aramites. He also was a mightie man and valiant, but a leper.”

2 Kings 5:1 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 5:1 in Context — 2 Kings 5

1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

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What Does 2 Kings 5:1 Mean?

2 Kings 5:1 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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