2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.In other versions
Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
ASV
Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
BBE
And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!
DBY
Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
WEB
And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add -- if it remain -- the head of Elisha son of Shaphat -- upon him this day.'
YLT
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
ENG
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
WBT
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
BSB
In context
29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Elisha
- Shaphat