2 Kings 7:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp, but there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was neither sight nor sound of man there–only the horses and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ So they went and called out to the gatekeepers, telling them, “We went to the Aramean camp, and listen to this: No one was there, not even the sound of anyone! The only things there were tied-up horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And when they had arrived at the gate of the city, they explained to them, saying: "We went into the camp of the Syrians, and we found no one in that place, except horses and donkeys tied, and the tents still standing."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses, tied, and the tents standing.

2 Kings 7:10 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:26

Then the sentinel saw another man running, and the sentinel called to the gatekeeper and said, “See, another man running alone!” The king said, “He also is bringing tidings.”

2 Kings 7:11

Then the gatekeepers called out and proclaimed it to the king’s household.

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said to one another, “What we are doing is wrong. This is a day of good news; if we are silent and wait until the morning light, we will be found guilty; therefore let us go and tell the king’s household.”

1 Chronicles 15:18

and with them their kindred of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 16:38

and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight kinsfolk, while Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

2 Chronicles 23:19

He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.