2 Kings 2:23 - New Revised Standard Version

²³ He went up from there to Bethel; and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young [maturing and accountable] boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up [in a whirlwind], you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

Common English Bible

²³ Elisha went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up the road, some young people came out of the city. They mocked him: “Get going, Baldy! Get going, Baldy!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: "Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And he went up from thence to Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head. Go up, thou bald head.

2 Kings 2:23 Cross References

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.

Job 19:18

Even young children despise me; when I rise, they talk against me.

Job 30:1

“But now they make sport of me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Psalm 31:17

Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; ruffians whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Proverbs 20:11

Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

Proverbs 22:6

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who deal corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, who are utterly estranged!

Isaiah 3:5

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another and everyone by a neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base to the honorable.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed; you have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I must cry out, I must shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Hosea 10:15

Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.

Hosea 10:5

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people shall mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, over its glory that has departed from it.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Leviticus 13:40

If anyone loses the hair from his head, he is bald but he is clean.

Amos 3:14

On the day I punish Israel for its transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel—and transgress; to Gilgal—and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Amos 7:13

but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

Galatians 4:29

But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

Hebrews 11:36

Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.