10He said, |You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.|


In Context

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

8 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

9 It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, |Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.| Elisha said, |Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.|

10 He said, |You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.|

11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, |My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!| He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:10 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:10"You have asked a difficult thing," Elijah said, "yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours- otherwise not."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: [nevertheless,] if thou see me [when I am] taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt have what thou hast asked: but if thou see me not, thou shalt not have it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless , if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so to thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou shalt see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so to thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10and he saith, 'Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so.