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2 Kings 8:8-10
English Standard Version
2 Kings 8:8-10
English Standard Version
8 the king said to (A)Hazael, (B)“Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, (C)and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, (D)“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 10 And Elisha said to him, (E)“Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,’ but[a] the Lord has shown me that (F)he shall certainly die.”
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- 2 Kings 8:10 Some manuscripts say, ‘You shall certainly not recover,’ for
2 Kings 8:8-10
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 8:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 And the king said to (A)Hazael, “(B)Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and (C)inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 9 So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “(D)Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 10 Then Elisha said to him, “(E)Go, say to him, ‘You will certainly recover’; but the (F)Lord has shown me that he will certainly die.”
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2 Kings 8:8-10
New International Version
2 Kings 8:8-10
New International Version
8 he said to Hazael,(A) “Take a gift(B) with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult(C) the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
10 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover.’(D) Nevertheless,[a] the Lord has revealed to me that he will in fact die.”
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- 2 Kings 8:10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.
2 Kings 8:8-10
New King James Version
2 Kings 8:8-10
New King James Version
8 And the king said to (A)Hazael, (B)“Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and (C)inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’ ” 9 So (D)Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’ ”
10 And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ However the Lord has shown me that (E)he will really die.”
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