2 Kings 6:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Elisha] answered, You shall not slay them. Would you slay those you have taken captive with your sword and bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

Common English Bible

He said, “No, don’t kill them. Did you capture them with your own sword or bow? Do you have the right to kill them? Put food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and return to their master.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said: "You should not strike them. For you did not capture them with your sword or bow, so that you might strike them. Instead, set bread and water before them, so that they may eat and drink, and then go to their lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he said: Thou shalt not kill them: for thou didst not take them with thy sword, or thy bow, that thou mayst kill them. But set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

2 Kings 6:22 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 48:22

Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amori with my sword and with my bow.*

Psalm 44:6

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have mercy on the house of Yehudah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.*

Hosea 2:18

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Joshua 24:12

I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amori; not with your sword, nor with your bow.