15But now bring me a harpist." While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha


In Context

12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the Lord is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." "No," the king of Israel answered, "because it was the Lord who called us three kings together to hand us over to Moab."

14 Elisha said, "As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or even notice you.

15 But now bring me a harpist." While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha

16 and he said, "This is what the Lord says: Make this valley full of ditches.

17 For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.

2nd Kings 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15And now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah was upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel.| It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came on him.