2 Kings 5:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.”
2 Kings 5:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 5:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 5:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.”
2 Kings 5:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 5:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. ”
2 Kings 5:16 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 5:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood--if I take <FI>it<Fi> ;' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.”
2 Kings 5:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 5:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none! And he urged him to take it; but he refused. ”
2 Kings 5:16 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 5:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But hee sayde, As the Lord liueth (before whom I stand) I wil not receiue it. And he would haue constrained him to receiue it, but he refused.”
2 Kings 5:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 5:16 in Context — 2 Kings 5
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.
What Does 2 Kings 5:16 Mean?
2 Kings 5:16 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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