2 Kings 7:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
2 Kings 7:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 7:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 7:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?”
2 Kings 7:3 — World English Bible
2 Kings 7:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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? ”
2 Kings 7:3 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 7:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
2 Kings 7:3 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 7:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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? ”
2 Kings 7:3 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 7:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe there were foure leprous men at the entring in of the gate: and they saide one to an other, Why sitte we here vntill we die?”
2 Kings 7:3 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 7:3 in Context — 2 Kings 7
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 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?
4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
What Does 2 Kings 7:3 Mean?
2 Kings 7:3 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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