2 Kings 6:12
What does 2 Kings 6:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And one of his servants saith, `Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who <FI>is<Fi> in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And one of his servants said: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Context
v.11And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
v.12This passage
v.13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 139:1
O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.
- Daniel 2:47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
- Jeremiah 23:23
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
- Daniel 4:9
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:22
he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.