II 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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 7:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Es waren aber vier aussätzige Männer am Eingang des Tores; und sie sprachen einer zum anderen: Was bleiben wir hier, bis wir sterben?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y había cuatro hombres leprosos á la entrada de la puerta, los cuales dijeron el uno al otro: ¿Para qué nos estamos aquí hasta que muramos?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E havia quatro homens leprosos à entrada da porta, os quais disseram o um ao outro: Para que nos estamos aqui até que morramos?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ora, havia quatro homens com lepra do lado de fora do portão de entrada da cidade. Eles disseram uns aos outros: "Por que devemos ficar aqui sentados até morrermos?
📖 II Kings 7:3 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.
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