2 Kings 8:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ And Ḥaza’ĕl said, “But what is your servant – a dog, that he should perform this great matter?” And Elisha answered, “יהוה has shown that you are to be sovereign over Aram!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And Hazael said, What is your servant, only a dog, that he should do this monstrous thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Syria.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

Common English Bible

¹³ Hazael replied, “How could your servant, who is nothing but a dog, do such mighty things?” Elisha said, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And Hazael said, "But what am I, your servant, a dog, that I would do this great thing?" And Elisha said, "The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria."

2 Kings 8:13 Cross References

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to Dawiḏ, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed Dawiḏ by his mighty ones.

1 Kings 19:15

And יהוה said to him, “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Dammeseq. And you shall go in and anoint Ḥaza’ĕl as sovereign over Aram.

2 Samuel 9:8

And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is set-apart to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those plotting wickedness, and working out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they practise it, because it is in the might of their hand.

Psalm 22:20

Deliver My life from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded Me; A crowd of evil ones have encircled Me, Piercing My hands and My feet;

2 Kings 8:10

And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ But יהוה has shown me that he shall certainly die.”

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.

Philippians 3:2

Look out for dogs, look out for the evil workers, look out for the mutilation!

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?

2 Kings 13:22

And Ḥaza’ĕl sovereign of Aram oppressed Yisra’ĕl all the days of Yeho’aḥaz.