17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, |Send them.| They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.


In Context

14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, |Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?| When he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.

15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, |The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.| They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

16 They said to him, |See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, |You shall not send them.|

17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, |Send them.| They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.

18 They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, |Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.|

2 Kings 2:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17But 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.