2 Kings 2:23 - New International Version (Anglicised)

²³ From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ they said. ‘Get out of here, 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!"

2 Kings 2:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,

2 Kings 2:11

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.’ But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:22

And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.

Job 19:18

Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

Job 30:1

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

Psalm 31:17

Let me not be put to shame, Lord, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.

Psalm 31:18

Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

Psalm 35:15

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.

Proverbs 20:11

Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Proverbs 22:6

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigour are meaningless.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 3:5

People will oppress each other – man against man, neighbour against neighbour. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honoured.

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.

Hosea 10:15

So will it happen to you, Bethel, because your wickedness is great. When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

Hosea 10:5

The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendour, because it is taken from them into exile.

Hosea 4:15

‘Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. ‘Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”

Leviticus 13:40

‘A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.

Amos 3:14

‘On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

‘Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years.

Amos 5:5

do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.’

Amos 7:13

Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.’

Galatians 4:29

At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.

Hebrews 11:36

Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.