Devine Scripture

2 Kings 2:20

2 Kings chapter 2 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Context

v.19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.

v.20This passage

v.21And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 47:11

    But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

  • Judges 9:45

    And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.