2 Kings 7:3
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?In other versions
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?
ASV
Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
BBE
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?
DBY
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?
WEB
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What -- we are sitting here till we have died;
YLT
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
ENG
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
WBT
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
BSB
In context
1Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.