And the men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the site of this city is good, as my master sees, but the waters are spoilt, and the soil barren.”
2 Kings 2:20 - The Scriptures 1998 And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” And they brought it to him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt [the symbol of God's purifying power] in it. And they brought it to him. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Common English Bible He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put some salt in it.” They did so. Catholic Public Domain Version And so he said, "Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it." And when they had brought it, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it, |
And the men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the site of this city is good, as my master sees, but the waters are spoilt, and the soil barren.”
And he went out to the source of the water, and threw salt in there, and said, “Thus said יהוה, ‘I have healed this water – no longer shall death or barrenness come from it.’ ”
“Its swamps and marshes shall not be healed, they shall be given over to salt.