2 Kings 6:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went out, he saw an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. He said, "Oh no, my master! What shall we do?"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the mynister of the ma of God arose early to get him vp. And as he wete forth, beholde, there laye an hoost of men aboute ye cite with horses and charettes. Then saide his childe vnto him: Alas syr, how wyll we now do?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when the seruant of the man of God arose earely to goe out, beholde, an hoste compassed the citie with horses and charets. Then his seruant sayde vnto him, Alas master, howe shall we doe?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the seruaunt of the man of God rose vp early to go out: beholde, there was an hoast rounde about the towne with horses & charets: And his seruaunt sayde vnto him, Alas maister, what shall we do?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, `Alas! my lord, how do we do?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The prophet’s attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,“Oh no, my master! What will we do?”

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 8:26 : 26 And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  • Matt 20:26-28 : 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they also had John as their helper.
  • Exod 24:13 : 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
  • 1 Kgs 19:21 : 21 And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.
  • 2 Kgs 3:11 : 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."
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 5:27 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 6:5 : 5 But as one was cutting a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
  • 2 Chr 20:12 : 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was; for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has despised them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 6:11-14
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    86%

    11Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

    12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

    13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

    14Therefore he sent horses, and chariots, and a great army there: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.

  • 2 Kgs 6:16-21
    6 verses
    81%

    16And he answered, Fear not: for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

    17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

    18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

    19And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

    20And it came to pass, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

    21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?

  • 2 Kgs 7:10-14
    5 verses
    76%

    10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no one there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

    11And he called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king's house within.

    12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

    13And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even like all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

    14So they took two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

  • 2 Kgs 7:4-7
    4 verses
    76%

    4If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to 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 at twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they came to the outermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no one there.

    6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

    7Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Then the king of Syria waged war against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

    9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass such a place; for there the Syrians have come down.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1
    72%

    1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

  • 2 Chr 18:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight not with small or great, except only with the king of Israel.

    31And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they surrounded him to fight; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God moved them to depart from him.

  • 2 Kgs 5:9
    71%

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

  • 2 Kgs 6:24
    71%

    24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:23
    71%

    23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    71%

    7But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32
    71%

    32And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

  • Isa 22:7
    70%

    7And it shall come to pass that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
    70%

    24How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    70%

    13And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Josh 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach the city, and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

    6(For they will come out after us) until we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; therefore we will flee before them.

  • Jer 6:25
    70%

    25Do not go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

  • Deut 20:1
    70%

    1When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and a people more than you, do not be afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezek 26:10
    70%

    10Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you; your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
    70%

    26And 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?

  • 2 Kgs 2:16
    70%

    16And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

  • Isa 36:9
    70%

    9How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 2 Kgs 6:32
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    32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  • 1 Kgs 20:19
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    19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

  • 1 Kgs 20:28
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    28And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
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    13And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

  • 2 Kgs 5:2
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    2And 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.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
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    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.