2 Kings 5:13 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 5:13 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 →
וַיִּגְּשׁ֣וּ
nâgash
H5066
to approach
עֲבָדָיו֮
ʻebed
H5650
servant
וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֵלָיו֒
ʼêl
H413
to
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אָבִי֙
ʼâb
H1
father
דָּבָ֣ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
גָּד֗וֹל
gâdôwl
H1419
great
הַנָּבִ֛יא
nâbîyʼ
H5030
prophet
דִּבֶּ֥ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֵלֶ֖יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
הֲל֣וֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תַעֲשֶׂ֑ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
וְאַ֛ף
ʼaph
H637
also
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אָמַ֥ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלֶ֖יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
רְחַ֥ץ
râchats
H7364
to wash
וּטְהָֽר
ṭâhêr
H2891
to cleanse
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World English Bible Public Domain
His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says to you, Wash, and be clean?
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King James Version Public Domain
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But his servants approached, and they spoke to him and said, “My father, the prophet had spoken a great matter to you, would you not have done? Then how much more when he has said to you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”
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