2 Kings 2:16 - The Scriptures 1998

And they said to him, “Look, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master, lest the Spirit of יהוה  has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “Send no one.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they said to him, Behold now, there are among your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

Common English Bible

“Look,” they told him, “there are fifty strong men among us, your servants. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the LORD’s spirit has picked him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha said, “Don’t send them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they said to him, "Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley." But he said, "Do not send them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master; lest perhaps the spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

2 Kings 2:16 Cross References

1 Kings 18:12

“And it shall be, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of יהוה  takes you away to a place I do not know. And I shall come to report to Aḥ

2 Kings 2:7

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Yardĕ

Ezekiel 11:24

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of Elohim into Chaldea, to those in exile. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Ezekiel 3:14

And the Spirit lifted me and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, while the hand of יהוה  was strong upon me.

Ezekiel 40:2

In visions of Elohim He brought me into the land of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 8:3

And He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair. And the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in visions of Elohim to Yerushalayim, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which causes jealousy.

Acts 8:39

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of יהוה  caught Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went his way, rejoicing.