2 Kings 6:22 - Tree of Life Version

²² “Don’t strike them down,” he replied. “Would you strike down those whom you have captured with your own sword and bow? Set before them bread and water that they may eat and drink and go back to their master.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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

²² [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)

²² 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

²² 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

²² 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."

2 Kings 6:22 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 48:22

Now I myself give you one portion more than your brothers, that which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Psalm 44:6

Through You we push back our foes. Through Your Name we trample those rising up against us.

Hosea 1:7

But on the house of Judah I will have compassion and deliver them by Adonai, their God, yet not by bow, sword or battle, nor by horses and horsemen.”

Hosea 2:18

In that day—it is a declaration of Adonai— you will proclaim, ‘My husband,’ and never again call Me, ‘My Baal.’

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Joshua 24:12

Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove them out from before you—the two kings of the Amorites—not by your sword or your bow.