2 Kings
King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 7:3
“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 7:3 Context
1Then 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. 2Then 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. 3And 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? 4If 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. 5And 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. 6For 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.
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Other Translations
¶ And there were foure leprous men at the entring in of the gate: and they saide one to another, Why sit wee here vntill we die?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
- Basic English Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?
- Darby Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- Webster's Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
- World English Bible
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What -- we are sitting here till we have died;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
- Basic English Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?
- Darby Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- Webster's Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?
- World English Bible
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What -- we are sitting here till we have died;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 7:3
7:1 Measure - Heb. Seah, a measure containing six cabs, or about a peck and pottle of our measure.
7:2 Windows - Through which he could rain down corn, as once he did Manna.