2 Kings 7:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?”
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“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What--we are sitting here till we have died;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 7:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
- Leviticus 13:46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Numbers 12:14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
- 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- 2 Kings 7:4If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
- 2 Kings 8:4Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
- Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:13Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
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