2 Kings 7:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. And they said to each other, “Why are we sitting here until we are dead?

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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?

2 Kings 7:3 Cross References

2 Kings 5:1

And Naʽ

2 Kings 7:4

“If we shall say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ the scarcity of food is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we shall die. And now, come, let us surrender to the army of the Arameans. If they keep us alive, we live. And if they kill us, we shall die.”

2 Kings 8:4

And the sovereign was speaking to Gĕ

Jeremiah 27:13

“Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the scarcity of food, and by the pestilence, as יהוה  has spoken against the nation that does not serve the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled cities, and let us be silent there. For יהוה  our Elohim has let us perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against יהוה.

Numbers 12:10

And the cloud turned away from above the Tent, and look: Miryam was leprous, as white as snow! And Aharon turned toward Miryam, and look: a leper!

Numbers 12:14

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and after that let her be readmitted.”