2 Kings 22:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am going to bring upon this place.’” Then they brought back word to the king.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    therfore wyll I gather the vnto thy fathers, so yt thou shalt be put in to thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not se all the euell that I wyll brynge vpon this place. And they brought the kynge worde agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, & thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euil, which I will bring vpon this place. Thus they brought the King worde againe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Beholde therefore I wyll receaue thee vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be put into thy graue in peace, and thyne eyes shall not see all the euill which I wyll bryng vpon this place. And they brought the king worde againe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    therefore, lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy grave in peace, and thine eyes do not look on any of the evil that I am bringing in on this place;' and they bring the king back word.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.'"'" They brought back this message to the king.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 17:11 : 11 When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 They find peace; they rest in their beds—those who walk in uprightness.
  • Jer 22:10 : 10 Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will never return to see his native land.
  • Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 'Now I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am about to bring on this place and its inhabitants.'" So they brought back this message to the king.
  • Gen 25:8 : 8 Abraham breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, an old man full of years, and he was gathered to his people.
  • Deut 31:16 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, you are going to rest with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.'
  • 2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 During his reign, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to meet him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when they faced each other. 30 His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    95%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

    27Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you tore your clothes and wept in My presence, I have heard you,' declares the LORD.

    28'Now I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am about to bring on this place and its inhabitants.'" So they brought back this message to the king.

    29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Gen 15:15
    75%

    15"As for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age."

  • Jer 34:5
    75%

    5You will die in peace, and as burnings were made for your ancestors, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn incense for you and lament for you, saying, 'Alas, lord!' For I have spoken the word, declares the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 22:16
    73%

    16‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’

  • 2 Kgs 22:18-19
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

    19Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
    73%

    37So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:22
    73%

    22'but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to eat or drink, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.'

  • Jer 22:12
    72%

    12He will die in the place where they have taken him into exile; he will never see this land again.

  • 1 Kgs 13:31
    72%

    31After burying him, the prophet said to his sons, 'When I die, bury me in the same tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
    71%

    6Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

  • Gen 47:30
    71%

    30When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph answered, 'I will do as you say.'

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    71%

    12Now, get up and go back to your house. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

  • Jer 38:26
    71%

    26then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’"

  • 2 Chr 34:24
    70%

    24'This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its inhabitants, all the curses written in the book that was read in the presence of the king of Judah.

  • Gen 48:21
    70%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
    70%

    1The king sent messengers, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    70%

    3I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
    70%

    11When your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

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    70%

    37Your servant will merely cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king reward me with such a benefit?

  • Gen 44:31
    70%

    31it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.

  • 2 Chr 35:24
    70%

    24So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in another chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. There he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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    70%

    19He will have the burial of a donkey—dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Gen 44:29
    70%

    29'If you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to the grave in sorrow.'

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    69%

    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

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    69%

    33Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

  • Jer 22:10
    69%

    10Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will never return to see his native land.

  • Jer 42:22
    69%

    22Now therefore be certain of this: You will die by the sword, famine, and plague in the place where you desire to go to settle.

  • Jer 8:1
    69%

    1At that time, declares the LORD, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.

  • 2 Chr 21:14
    69%

    14So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague.

  • 1 Kgs 2:10
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    10Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.

  • Gen 49:29
    69%

    29Then he gave them these instructions: 'I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

  • 2 Chr 24:16
    69%

    16He was buried in the City of David with the kings because he had done great good in Israel, for God, and for His temple.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Sam 7:12
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    12When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 2 Kgs 23:30
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    30His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

  • Jer 22:1
    69%

    1This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.

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    6Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

  • Gen 50:5
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    5'My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. Bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now, please let me go and bury my father, and I will return.'

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    16The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

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    17Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you away violently, O strong man! He will wrap you up tightly.

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    4I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.

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    22‘They will be taken to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them, declares the LORD. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’

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    28They brought him back on horses and buried him with his ancestors in the city of Judah.

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    13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was.