2 Kings 7:3
King James Version (KJV)
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?
In context
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 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?
4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
2 Kings 7:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- WEB World English Bible
- Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?