And tell Amasa, “Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ” ’
2 Kings 6:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He announced, ‘May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then he said, May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day! American Standard Version (1901) Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. Common English Bible He said, “So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, Shaphat’s son, remains on his shoulders today!” Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said, "May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, will remain on him this day!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day. |
And tell Amasa, “Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ” ’
Then they came to urge David to eat food while it was still day, but David took an oath: ‘May God punish me and do so severely if I taste bread or anything else before sunset! ’
May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the Lord swore to him:
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, ‘Is that you, the one ruining Israel? ’
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ’
Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord: ‘May God punish me and do so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.
Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man who can enquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.’ ‘The king shouldn’t say that! ’ Jehoshaphat replied.
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, ‘My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.’
A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
The officials then said to the king, ‘This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not pursuing the welfare of this people, but their harm.’
You’re not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.’
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.
Saul declared to him, ‘May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan! ’
May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his males survive until morning.’
‘What was the message he gave you? ’ Eli asked. ‘Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that he told you.’