2 Kings 2:17
What does 2 Kings 2:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 2:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days, but found him not.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.
Context
v.16And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
v.17This passage
v.18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:
- 2 Samuel 18:22
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?
- Romans 10:2
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- 2 Kings 8:11
And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
- Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.