16The prophet answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing." And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.
16The prophet answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing." And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.
13 Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!"
14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.
15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God. He stood before him and said, "Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. Please accept now a gift from your servant."
16 The prophet answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing." And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.
17 "If you will not," said Naaman, "please let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord .
18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I bow there also-when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this."
5:16But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it;] but he refused.
5:16But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused.
5:16But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:16But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none! And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:16But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:16But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:16But he said, |As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.| He urged him to take it; but he refused.
5:16And he saith, 'Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood — if I take it;' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.
5:16But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.