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.


In Context

28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

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

31 Then 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.

32 But Elisha sat in his house; and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him.?

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31And 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!

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.