2 Kings 2:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ From there Elisha went up to Bethel.  As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him,  chanting, ‘Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young [maturing and accountable] boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up [in a whirlwind], you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

Common English Bible

²³ Elisha went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up the road, some young people came out of the city. They mocked him: “Get going, Baldy! Get going, Baldy!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: "Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And he went up from thence to Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head. Go up, thou bald head.

2 Kings 2:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw the son mocking #– #the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire  suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.

2 Kings 2:2

and Elijah said to Elisha,  ‘Stay here;  the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.’ But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’  So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha spoke.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,  despising his words,  and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.

Job 19:18

Even young boys scorn me. When I stand up, they mock me.

Job 30:1

But now they mock   me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a young man is known by his actions – by whether his behaviour is pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.

Proverbs 22:6

Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Isaiah 1:4

Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned  the  Lord; they have despised  the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbour against neighbour; the young will act arrogantly towards the old, and the worthless towards the honourable.

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived  me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughing-stock all the time; everyone ridicules me.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, ‘Violence and destruction! ’ So the word of the  Lord has become my constant disgrace and derision.

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven,  , and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke me to anger.

Hosea 10:15

So it will be done to you, Bethel, because of your extreme evil. At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.

Hosea 10:5

The residents of Samaria  will have anxiety over the calf  of Beth-aven. Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it; the people will mourn over it, over its glory. It will certainly go into exile.

Hosea 4:15

Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!

Leviticus 13:40

‘If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald,  but he is clean.

Amos 3:14

I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar  will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.

Amos 5:5

Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 7:13

but don’t ever prophesy  at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary  and a royal temple.’

Galatians 4:29

But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit,  so also now.

Hebrews 11:36

Others experienced mocking and scourging, as well as bonds and imprisonment.