2 Kings 1:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 1:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְלָכֵן֙
kên
H3651
thus
כֹּֽה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הַמִּטָּ֞ה
miṭṭâh
H4296
bed
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָלִ֥יתָ
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
שָּׁ֛ם
shâm
H8033
there
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֵרֵ֥ד
yârad
H3381
to go down
מִמֶּ֖נָּה
min
H4480
from
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
מ֣וֹת
mûwth
H4191
to die
תָּמ֑וּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אֵלִיָּֽה
ʼÊlîyâh
H452
Elijah
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World English Bible Public Domain
Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah departed.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And therefore, thus says Yahweh, “The bed where you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for dying, you will die.”’” So Elijah went.
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