2 Kings 2:16 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 2:16 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 →
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָ֡יו
ʼêl
H413
to
הִנֵּה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
נָ֣א
nâʼ
H4994
please
יֵֽשׁ
yêsh
H3426
there is
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
עֲבָדֶיךָ֩
ʻebed
H5650
servant
חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים
chămishshîym
H2572
fifty
אֲנָשִׁ֜ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
בְּנֵֽי
bên
H1121
son
חַ֗יִל
chayil
H2428
strength
יֵ֣לְכוּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
נָא֮
nâʼ
H4994
please
וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
אֲדֹנֶיךָ֒
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
פֶּן
pên
H6435
lest
נְשָׂאוֹ֙
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
ר֣וּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֨הוּ֙
shâlak
H7993
to throw
בְּאַחַ֣ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
הֶהָרִ֔ים
har
H2022
mountain
א֖וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
בְּאַחַ֣ת
ʼechâd
H259
one
הגיאות
gayʼ
H1516
valley
הַגֵּאָי֑וֹת
gayʼ
H1516
valley
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִשְׁלָֽחוּ
shâlach
H7971
to send
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, You shall not send.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said to him, “Behold, please, there are with your servants fifty men, sons of valor. Please, let them go, and let them seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has lifted him up and thrown him onto one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.” And he said, “Do not send.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).