31And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!


In Context

28 And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

29 And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son.

30 And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

31 And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!

32 And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And the king sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

2 Kings 6:31 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:31He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:31And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, |God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31And he saith, 'Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add — if it remain — the head of Elisha son of Shaphat — upon him this day.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.