2 KI 2:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then the leaders of Yericho city said to Elisha, “Please, this city is a good place to live, just as my master can see, but the water supplies around here are bad so our crops don’t thrive.”

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως πρὸς Ἑλισαιὲ, ἰδοὺ ἡ κατοίκησις τῆς πόλεως ἀγαθὴ, καθὼς ὁ κύριος βλέπει, καὶ τὰ ὕδατα πονηρὰ, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀτεκνουμένη.
(Kai eipon hoi andres taʸs poleōs pros Helisaie, idou haʸ katoikaʸsis taʸs poleōs agathaʸ, kathōs ho kurios blepei, kai ta hudata ponaʸra, kai haʸ gaʸ ateknoumenaʸ. )

BrTr And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city is good, as our lord sees; but the waters are bad, and the ground barren.

ULT And the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please, look—the dwelling place of the city is good, just as my lord is seeing. But the waters are bad, and the land is barren.”

UST Then the leaders of Jericho came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place to live in. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”

BSB Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as [you] can see. But the water [is] bad and the land is unfruitful.”
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MSB Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as [you] can see. But the water [is] bad and the land is unfruitful.”
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WEBBE The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.”

LSV And the men of the city say to Elisha, “Now behold, the site of the city [is] good, as my lord sees, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.”

FBV The townspeople said to Elisha, “Look, sir, while our town has a good location as you can see, the water is bad and the soil is poor.”

T4T Then the leaders of Jericho city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place to live in. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”

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BBE Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

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JPS And the men of the city said unto Elisha: 'Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth; but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.

ASV And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.

DRA And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.

YLT And the men of the city say unto Elisha, 'Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city [is] good, as my lord seeth, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.'

Drby And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold now, the situation of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.

RV And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the land miscarrieth.
(And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee/you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught/nothing, and the land miscarrieth. )

SLT And the men of the city will say to Elisha, Behold the situation of the city good, as my lord sees: and the waters evil and the land barren.

Wbstr And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

KJB-1769 ¶ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.[fn]
(¶ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee/you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught/nothing, and the ground barren. )

2.19 barren: Heb. causing to miscarry

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]And the men of the city said vnto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is nought, and the ground barren.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

2:19 Hebr. causing to miscary.

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Gnva And the men of the citie saide vnto Elisha, Beholde, we pray thee: the situation of this citie is pleasant, as thou, my lorde, seest, but the water is naught, and the ground baren.
(And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee/you: the situation of this city is pleasant, as thou/you, my lord, seest, but the water is naught/nothing, and the ground baren. )

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ClVg Dixerunt quoque viri civitatis ad Eliseum: Ecce habitatio civitatis hujus optima est, sicut tu ipse, domine, perspicis: sed aquæ pessimæ sunt, et terra sterilis.
(They_said too men of_the_city to Eliseum: Behold housing of_the_city of_this optima it_is, like you(sg) ipse, master, perspicis: but water pessimæ are, and earth/land barren. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) The men of the city

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of the=city to/towards ʼElīshāˊ see/lo/see! now location_of the=city good just=as my=master see and,the,water bad and=the=earth unfruitful )

Alternate translation: “The leaders of the city”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) the situation of this city is pleasant

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of the=city to/towards ʼElīshāˊ see/lo/see! now location_of the=city good just=as my=master see and,the,water bad and=the=earth unfruitful )

This means that the city is located in a good place. Alternate translation: “this city is in a good place” or “this city is in a good location”

(Occurrence 0) as my master can see

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of the=city to/towards ʼElīshāˊ see/lo/see! now location_of the=city good just=as my=master see and,the,water bad and=the=earth unfruitful )

The men refer to Elisha here as “my master” to honor him.

(Occurrence 0) fruitful

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of the=city to/towards ʼElīshāˊ see/lo/see! now location_of the=city good just=as my=master see and,the,water bad and=the=earth unfruitful )

producing good crops

Parallel 2 KI 2:19

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