2 Kings 8:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die."

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Elisha said to him, "Go and say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will surely die."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Elisha{H477} said{H559} unto him, Go,{H3212} say{H559} unto him, Thou shalt surely{H2421} recover;{H2421} howbeit Jehovah{H3068} hath showed{H7200} me that he shall surely{H4191} die.{H4191}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Elisha{H477} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, say{H559}{(H8798)} unto him, Thou mayest certainly{H2421}{(H8800)} recover{H2421}{(H8799)}: howbeit the LORD{H3068} hath shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} me that he shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Eliseus sayde vnto him: Go yi waye and tell him: Thou shalt recouer. But the LORDE hath shewed me, yt he shal dye ye death.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Elisha sayd to him, Goe, and say vnto him, Thou shalt recouer: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely dye.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Elisa sayde vnto him: Go, and say vnto him, Thou shalt recouer: howebeit, the Lorde hath shewed me that he shall surely dye.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover; however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Elisha saith unto him, `Go, say, Thou dost certainly not revive, seeing Jehovah hath shewed me that he doth surely die.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he shall surely die.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he shall surely die.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Elisha said to him, "Go, tell him, 'You shall surely recover;' however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Elisha said to him,“Go and tell him,‘You will surely recover,’ but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:17 : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat: for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.
  • Gen 41:39 : 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
  • 1 Kgs 22:15 : 15 So he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we refrain? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
  • 2 Kgs 1:4 : 4 Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.
  • 2 Kgs 1:16 : 16 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.
  • 2 Kgs 8:13-15 : 13 And Hazael said, "But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you shall be king over Syria." 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." 15 And it happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
  • Jer 38:21 : 21 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
  • Ezek 11:25 : 25 Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • Amos 7:1 : 1 Thus the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed locusts at the beginning of the late growth; and, lo, it was the late growth after the king's mowings.
  • Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and consumed a part.
  • Amos 7:7 : 7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
  • Amos 8:1 : 1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
  • Zech 1:20 : 20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 8:13-15
    3 verses
    86%

    13 And Hazael said, "But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you shall be king over Syria."

    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."

    15 And it happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7-9
    3 verses
    83%

    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?'"

  • Isa 38:1
    76%

    1 In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.

  • 2 Kgs 20:1
    75%

    1 In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.

  • 2 Kgs 1:16
    75%

    16 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

  • 2 Kgs 8:11
    75%

    11 And he fixed his gaze steadily, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

  • 2 Kgs 1:6
    75%

    6 And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

  • 2 Kgs 5:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

    11 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.

  • 1 Kgs 19:15
    73%

    15 And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

  • 2 Kgs 5:6-8
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 5:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    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 13:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Now Elisha had fallen sick of the illness from which he died, and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, wept over him, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!"

    15 Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." And he took a bow and arrows.

  • 2 Kgs 5:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    71%

    12 Arise therefore, go to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

  • 2 Kgs 1:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 And Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; so he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.

    3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?

    4 Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

  • 2 Kgs 20:8
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    8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?

  • 2 Kgs 2:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from here any more death or barren land.

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

  • 2 Kgs 20:5
    71%

    5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
    71%

    11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

  • 2 Kgs 4:32
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    32 And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

  • 2 Kgs 6:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 And 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.

    13 And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:42
    70%

    42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
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    9 Therefore, he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you first sent for to your servant I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
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    8 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • Isa 38:4
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    4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 8:4-5
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    4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me, I beg you, all the great things that Elisha has done."

    5 And it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

  • 2 Kgs 8:29
    69%

    29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

  • 2 Chr 32:24
    69%

    24 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the LORD, and He spoke to him and gave him a sign.

  • 2 Kgs 5:15
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:33
    69%

    33 Now the men diligently observed whether anything would come from him, and hastily caught it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he brought him up into the chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 4:36
    69%

    36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    69%

    1 Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

  • 2 Kgs 2:3
    69%

    3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be quiet.