20"Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.


In Context

17 But they persisted until he was too ashamed to refuse. So he said, "Send them." And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.

18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."

20 "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the Lord says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' "

22 And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

2nd Kings 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they bring [it] to him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20He said, |Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.| They brought it to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And he saith, 'Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring it unto him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.