7Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.


In Context

4 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho." And he replied, "As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

5 The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "but do not speak of it."

6 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." And he replied, "As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them walked on.

7 Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.

8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied.

2nd Kings 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7— and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off — and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.