2 Kings 2:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when they urged him till he was embarrassed, he said, Send. So they sent fifty men, who sought for three days but did not find him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Common English Bible

They insisted until he became embarrassed and said, “Okay, send them.” So they sent fifty men who searched for three days. But they couldn’t find Elijah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, "Send them." And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.

2 Kings 2:17 Cross References

2 Kings 2:18

And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

2 Kings 8:11

And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Luke 11:8

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for before his translation he hath had witness borne to him that he had been well-pleasing unto God: