2 Kings 5:3

What does 2 Kings 5:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and she saith unto her mistress, `O that my lord <FI>were<Fi> before the prophet who <FI>is<Fi> in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.

Context

v.2And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

v.3This passage

v.4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Kings 5:8

    And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • Acts 26:29

    And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

  • Matthew 8:2

    And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

  • Matthew 11:5

    the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

  • Numbers 11:29

    And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah’s people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!

  • 1 Corinthians 4:8

    Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

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