Elisha's word
Elisha said: Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, at the gate of Samaria, a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel. The officer whose arm the king leaned on answered the man of God: Even if the Lord opened windows in heaven, could that really happen? Elisha said: You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it.
Then Elisha said: Listen to the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says. About this time tomorrow a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord that the king leaned on answered the man of God: Look — if the Lord made windows in heaven, could this thing be? And he said: Look — you'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat of it.
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Elisha said: Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, at the gate of Samaria, a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel.
Then Elisha said: Listen to the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says. About this time tomorrow a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
The officer whose arm the king leaned on answered the man of God: Even if the Lord opened windows in heaven, could that really happen? Elisha said: You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it.
Then a lord that the king leaned on answered the man of God: Look — if the Lord made windows in heaven, could this thing be? And he said: Look — you'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat of it.
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
The four men at the gate
Four men with leprosy were sitting at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other: Why sit here until we die? If we go into the city, the famine is there and we'll die. If we sit here, we'll die too. So let's go over to the Syrian camp. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, well, we were going to die anyway. At twilight they got up and headed for the Syrian camp. When they reached the edge of it, there was nobody there. The Lord had made the Syrians hear the sound of chariots, horses and a huge army. They said to each other: The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us! So they bolted at twilight, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys and the camp exactly as it was, and ran for their lives. When the four men reached the edge of the camp, they went into one tent, ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothing and hid it. Then they came back, entered another tent, took more and hid that too. Then they said to each other: Hang on, this isn't right. Today is a day of good news and we're keeping quiet about it. If we wait until morning, we'll be in trouble. Come on — let's go and tell the king's household. They went to the city gatekeepers and called out: We went to the Syrian camp, and there was nobody there — not a voice. The horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents have been left exactly as they were. The gatekeepers called out the news, and it was reported inside the king's palace.
And there were four men with a skin disease at the entrance of the gate. And they said to each other: Why do we sit here till we die? If we say: We'll go into the town — then the famine is in the town, and we'll die there. And if we sit still here, we die too. So come now, and let's fall to the army of the Arameans. If they save us alive, we'll live. And if they kill us, we'll only die. And they got up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans. And when they'd come to the edge of the camp of Aram, there wasn't anyone there. Because the Lord had made the army of the Arameans hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, the noise of a great army. And they said to each other: Look — the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites against us and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us. So they got up and ran in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, the camp as it was, and ran for their life. And when these men with the skin disease came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried off silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid it. And they came back and went into another tent and carried off from there too, and went and hid it. Then they said to each other: We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace. If we wait till morning light, some punishment will come on us. So now come, let's go and tell the king's household. So they came and called to the gatekeeper of the town and told them: We came to the camp of the Arameans, and look — there wasn't anyone there, or the voice of a man, but horses tied and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were. And he called the gatekeepers, and they told it to the king's house inside.
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
Four men with leprosy were sitting at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other: Why sit here until we die?
And there were four men with a skin disease at the entrance of the gate. And they said to each other: Why do we sit here till we die?
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
If we go into the city, the famine is there and we'll die. If we sit here, we'll die too. So let's go over to the Syrian camp. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, well, we were going to die anyway.
If we say: We'll go into the town — then the famine is in the town, and we'll die there. And if we sit still here, we die too. So come now, and let's fall to the army of the Arameans. If they save us alive, we'll live. And if they kill us, we'll only die.
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
At twilight they got up and headed for the Syrian camp. When they reached the edge of it, there was nobody there.
And they got up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans. And when they'd come to the edge of the camp of Aram, there wasn't anyone there.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
The Lord had made the Syrians hear the sound of chariots, horses and a huge army. They said to each other: The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!
Because the Lord had made the army of the Arameans hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, the noise of a great army. And they said to each other: Look — the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites against us and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
So they bolted at twilight, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys and the camp exactly as it was, and ran for their lives.
So they got up and ran in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, the camp as it was, and ran for their life.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
When the four men reached the edge of the camp, they went into one tent, ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothing and hid it. Then they came back, entered another tent, took more and hid that too.
And when these men with the skin disease came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried off silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid it. And they came back and went into another tent and carried off from there too, and went and hid it.
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
Then they said to each other: Hang on, this isn't right. Today is a day of good news and we're keeping quiet about it. If we wait until morning, we'll be in trouble. Come on — let's go and tell the king's household.
Then they said to each other: We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace. If we wait till morning light, some punishment will come on us. So now come, let's go and tell the king's household.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
They went to the city gatekeepers and called out: We went to the Syrian camp, and there was nobody there — not a voice. The horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents have been left exactly as they were.
So they came and called to the gatekeeper of the town and told them: We came to the camp of the Arameans, and look — there wasn't anyone there, or the voice of a man, but horses tied and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
The gatekeepers called out the news, and it was reported inside the king's palace.
And he called the gatekeepers, and they told it to the king's house inside.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
The camp found empty
The king got up during the night and said to his servants: I'll tell you what the Syrians are up to. They know we're starving, so they've left camp and hidden in the countryside, thinking, When they come out of the city, we'll take them alive and get inside. One of his servants answered: Let some men take five of the horses that are still left in the city and go see. They're no worse off than the rest of Israel left here — we're all facing the same end anyway. So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent men after the Syrian army, saying: Go and see what happened. They followed the trail as far as the Jordan. The whole road was littered with clothes and equipment the Syrians had thrown away in their panic. The messengers returned and told the king. Then the people went out and plundered the Syrian camp. A measure of fine flour sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said. The king put the officer whose arm he leaned on in charge of the gate. But the crowd trampled him to death there, exactly as the man of God had said when the king came down to him. It happened just as the man of God had told the king: About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two measures of barley will sell for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel. The officer had answered the man of God: Even if the Lord opened windows in heaven, could that really happen? Elisha had replied: You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it. And that is exactly what happened. The people trampled him to death at the gate.
And the king got up in the night and said to his servants: I'll show you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know we're hungry. So they've gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field: When they come out of the town, we'll take them alive and get into the town. And one of his servants answered: Let some take five of the horses that are left in the town, please. Look — they're like all the crowd of Israel that's left in it. Look — they're like all the crowd of the Israelites who are used up. And let's send and see. So they took two chariot horses. And the king sent after the army of the Arameans: Go and see. And they went after them to the Jordan. And look — all the way was full of clothing and vessels the Arameans had thrown away in their hurry. And the messengers came back and told the king. And the people went out and looted the tents of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. And the king set the lord that he leaned on to have charge of the gate. And the people trod on him in the gate, and he died, the way the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. And it was the way the man of God had spoken to the king: Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel will be about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria. And that lord answered the man of God: Look — if the Lord made windows in heaven, could such a thing be? And he said: Look — you'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat of it. And that's how it happened to him. Because the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
The king got up during the night and said to his servants: I'll tell you what the Syrians are up to. They know we're starving, so they've left camp and hidden in the countryside, thinking, When they come out of the city, we'll take them alive and get inside.
And the king got up in the night and said to his servants: I'll show you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know we're hungry. So they've gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field: When they come out of the town, we'll take them alive and get into the town.
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
One of his servants answered: Let some men take five of the horses that are still left in the city and go see. They're no worse off than the rest of Israel left here — we're all facing the same end anyway.
And one of his servants answered: Let some take five of the horses that are left in the town, please. Look — they're like all the crowd of Israel that's left in it. Look — they're like all the crowd of the Israelites who are used up. And let's send and see.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent men after the Syrian army, saying: Go and see what happened.
So they took two chariot horses. And the king sent after the army of the Arameans: Go and see.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
They followed the trail as far as the Jordan. The whole road was littered with clothes and equipment the Syrians had thrown away in their panic. The messengers returned and told the king.
And they went after them to the Jordan. And look — all the way was full of clothing and vessels the Arameans had thrown away in their hurry. And the messengers came back and told the king.
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
Then the people went out and plundered the Syrian camp. A measure of fine flour sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said.
And the people went out and looted the tents of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
The king put the officer whose arm he leaned on in charge of the gate. But the crowd trampled him to death there, exactly as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.
And the king set the lord that he leaned on to have charge of the gate. And the people trod on him in the gate, and he died, the way the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two measures of barley will sell for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel.
And it was the way the man of God had spoken to the king: Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel will be about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
The officer had answered the man of God: Even if the Lord opened windows in heaven, could that really happen? Elisha had replied: You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it.
And that lord answered the man of God: Look — if the Lord made windows in heaven, could such a thing be? And he said: Look — you'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat of it.
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And that is exactly what happened. The people trampled him to death at the gate.
And that's how it happened to him. Because the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.