2 Kings 7:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ So when these lepers were come to the beginning of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank: and they took from thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went, and hid it: and they came again, and went into another tent, and carried from thence in like manner, and hid it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the city's gate; and they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Common English Bible

³ Now there were four men with skin disease at the entrance to the city. They said to each other, “What are we doing sitting here until we die?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: "Should we choose to stay here until we die?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Now there were four lepers, at the entering-in of the gate. And they said one to another: What mean we to stay here till we die?

2 Kings 7:3 Cross References

2 Kings 5:1

And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When thou shalt receive this letter, know that I have sent to thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy.

2 Kings 7:4

Then they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime: come, let us go and tell it in the king's court.

2 Kings 8:4

And Hazael went to meet him, taking with him presents, and all the good things of Damascus, the burdens of forty camels. And when he stood before him, he said: Thy son Benadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Can I recover of this my illness?

Jeremiah 27:13

1 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda and Jerusalem:

Jeremiah 8:14

2 Is there no balm in Galaad? or is no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

Numbers 12:10

5 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days : and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.

Numbers 12:14

Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these: