II Kings 5:12
“Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 5:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Sind nicht Abana und Parpar, die Flüsse von Damaskus, besser als alle Wasser von Israel? Kann ich mich nicht darin baden und rein werden? Und er wandte sich und zog weg im Grimm.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Abana y Pharphar, ríos de Damasco, ¿no son mejores que todas las aguas de Israel? Si me lavare en ellos, ¿no seré también limpio? Y volvióse, y fuése enojado.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Abana e Farpar, rios de Damasco, não são melhores que todas as águas de Israel? Se me lavar neles, não serei também limpo? E voltou-se, e foi-se irritado.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Não são Abana e Farfar, os rios em Damasco, melhores que todas as águas de Israel? Não posso me banhar neles e ficar limpo?". Então, ele retornou e foi embora irado.
📖 II Kings 5:12 in Context
10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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