He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:21 - New Revised Standard Version Then he went to the spring of water and threw the salt into it, and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have made this water wholesome; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Elisha went to the spring of the waters and cast the salt in it and said, Thus says the Lord: I [not the salt] have healed these waters; there shall not be any more death, miscarriage or barrenness [and bereavement] because of it. American Standard Version (1901) And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying. Common English Bible Elisha then went out and threw salt into the spring. He said, “This is what the LORD has said: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death and miscarriage.” Catholic Public Domain Version he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: "Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He went out to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt into it, and said: Thus saith the Lord: I have healed these waters, and there shall be no more in them death or barrenness. |
He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
He said, “Then bring some flour.” He threw it into the pot, and said, “Serve the people and let them eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float.
You shall not omit from your grain offerings the salt of the covenant with your God; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes,
he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.”