2 Kings 5:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and get something from him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving from his hands what he brought. But as the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Gehazi (who was the servant of Elisha the man of God) thought, My master let this Aramean Naaman off the hook by not accepting the gift he brought! As surely as the LORD lives, I’ll go after him and accept something from him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: "My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ But Giezi the servant of the man of God said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought. As the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some thing of him.

2 Kings 5:20 Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

2 Kings 13:19

Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 4:12

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

2 Kings 4:25

So she set out, and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, yonder is the Shunammite;

2 Kings 4:31

Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff upon the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awaked.”

2 Kings 4:36

Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

2 Kings 5:16

But he said, “As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

2 Kings 5:21

So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw some one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?”

2 Kings 6:31

and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

2 Kings 8:4

Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

2 Kings 8:7

Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,”

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

Matthew 10:4

Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Matthew 26:9

For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.”

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

John 13:2

And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

Acts 5:2

and with his wife's knowledge he kept back some of the proceeds, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet.

2 Timothy 4:10

For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,

1 Samuel 14:39

For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.