But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’
2 Kings 7:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But one of his servants responded, ‘Please, let messengers take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their fate is like the entire Israelite community who will die, so let’s send them and see.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One of his servants said, Let some men take five of the remaining horses; [if they are caught and killed] they will be no worse off than all the multitude of Israel left in the city to be consumed. Let us send and see. American Standard Version (1901) And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see. Common English Bible But one of his servants answered, “Please let some men take five of the horses that are left, and let’s send them out to see what happens. They are in the same situation as the large number of Israelites who are left here; they are no better off than the large number of Israelites who’ve already perished.” Catholic Public Domain Version But one of his servants responded: "Let us take the five horses that remain in the city (for there were no more amid the entire multitude of Israel, since the rest had been consumed), and sending, we will be able to explore." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And one of his servants answered: Let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city (because there are no more in the whole multitude of Israel, for the rest are consumed), and let us send and see. |
But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, ‘This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer? ’
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, ‘Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, “When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.” ’
The messengers took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, ‘Go and see.’
If we say, “Let’s go into the city,” we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s surrender to the Arameans’ camp. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.’
If I go out to the field, look #– #those slain by the sword! If I enter the city, look #– #those ill from famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.