2 Kings 5:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “Are not the Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Common English Bible

¹² Aren’t the rivers in Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than all Israel’s waters? Couldn’t I wash in them and get clean?” So he turned away and proceeded to leave in anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?" But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,

2 Kings 5:12 Cross References

2 Kings 2:14

And he took the mantle of Ě

2 Kings 2:8

And Ě

2 Kings 5:11

But Naʽ

2 Kings 5:17

Then Naʽ

Proverbs 14:17

He who is impatient acts foolishly, And a man who plans wickedness is hated.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:11

A man’s discretion makes him patient, And his adorning is to pass over a transgression.

Song of Solomon 4:8

Come with me from Leḇ

Jeremiah 49:23

Concerning Damascus: “Ḥ

Zechariah 13:1

“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of Dawiḏ

Zechariah 14:8

And in that day it shall be that living waters flow from Yerushalayim, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea, in summer as well as in winter.

Mark 1:9

And it came to be in those days that יהושע  came from Natsareth of Galil, and was immersed by Yoḥ