2 Kings 7:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 7:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 7:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 7:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let’s surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.””
2 Kings 7:4 — World English Bible
2 Kings 7:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Kings 7:4 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 7:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine <FI>is<Fi> in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death--we have died.'”
2 Kings 7:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 7:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die. ”
2 Kings 7:4 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 7:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If we say, We will enter into the citie, the famine is in the citie, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we dye also. Nowe therefore come, and let vs fall into the campe of the Aramites: if they saue our liues, we shall liue: and if they kill vs, we are but dead.”
2 Kings 7:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 7:4 in Context — 2 Kings 7
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.
6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
What Does 2 Kings 7:4 Mean?
2 Kings 7:4 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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