Devine Scripture

2 Kings 7:9

2 Kings chapter 7 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.

Context

v.8And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

v.9This passage

v.10So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 32:23

    But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.

  • Isaiah 41:27

    I am the first that saith unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

  • Isaiah 52:7

    How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

  • 2 Kings 7:6

    For 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.

  • Proverbs 24:16

    For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • 2 Kings 7:3

    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?