2 Kings 5:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

But Naaman was angry, 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 wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But Naaman became angry and left, saying, 'I thought he would surely come out to me, stand, call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot, and cure the leprosy.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Naaman{H5283} was wroth,{H7107} and went away,{H3212} and said,{H559} Behold, I thought,{H559} He will surely{H3318} come out{H3318} to me, and stand,{H5975} and call{H7121} on the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and wave{H5130} his hand{H3027} over the place,{H4725} and recover{H622} the leper.{H6879}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Naaman{H5283} was wroth{H7107}{(H8799)}, and went away{H3212}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, I thought{H559}{(H8804)}, He will surely{H3318}{(H8800)} come out{H3318}{(H8799)} to me, and stand{H5975}{(H8804)}, and call{H7121}{(H8804)} on the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and strike{H5130}{(H8689)} his hand{H3027} over the place{H4725}, and recover{H622}{(H8804)} the leper{H6879}{(H8794)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then was Naaman wroth, & wente his waye, & sayde: I thoughte he shulde haue come forth vnto me, & to haue stode here & to haue called vpo the name of the LORDE his God, & to haue touched the place with his hande, & so to haue put awaye the leprosy.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But Naaman was wroth and went away, and sayde, Beholde, I thought with my selfe, Hee will surely come out, and stande, and call on the Name of the Lorde his God and put his hand on the place, and heale the leprosie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and saide: Beholde, I thought with my selfe, he would surely come out, and stande and call on the name of the Lord his god, & put his hand on the place, that he may heale the leprosie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But 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 Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But 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 Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Naaman went away angry. He said,“Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Matt 8:8 : 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant will be healed.
  • Matt 15:27 : 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
  • Matt 19:22 : 22 But when the young man heard this saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
  • Luke 14:11 : 11 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
  • John 4:48 : 48 Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • John 13:20 : 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-25 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-16 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 5:12-21
    10 verses
    88%

    12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

    13 And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?

    14 Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

    15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his entourage, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please, take a blessing from your servant.

    16 But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

    17 And Naaman said, If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.

    18 In this thing may the LORD pardon your servant, when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may the LORD pardon your servant in this thing.

    19 And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

    20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.

    21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

  • 2 Kgs 5:1-10
    10 verses
    87%

    1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

    2 And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had taken captive from the land of Israel a little maid; and she served Naaman's wife.

    3 And she said to her mistress, If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.

    4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid who is from the land of Israel.

    5 And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand gold pieces, and ten changes of clothing.

    6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter reaches you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.

    7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Therefore consider, please, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

    8 And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

    9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariot, and stood at the door of Elisha's house.

    10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.

  • 79%

    23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.

    24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and stored them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

    25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.

    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants?

    27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

  • 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.

  • Luke 5:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12 And it happened, when he was in a certain city, a man full of leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, and begged him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

    13 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him.

    14 And he charged him to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

  • Mark 1:40-42
    3 verses
    73%

    40 And there came a leper to him, begging him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If you are willing, you can make me clean.

    41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be clean.

    42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

  • 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover."

  • 2 Kgs 8:7-10
    4 verses
    72%

    7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here."

    8 And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'"

    9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Benhadad 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 may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die."

  • 11 it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean and shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

  • 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off:

  • 3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

  • Matt 8:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

    3 And Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

  • 6 And the LORD said furthermore to him, Now put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

  • 6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.

  • 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

  • 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

  • 22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.

  • 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.

  • 19 The man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have smitten Syria until it was destroyed. But now you shall smite Syria only three times."

  • 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.