19The 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.|


In Context

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.|

20 He said, |Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.| They brought it to him.

21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.'|

2 Kings 2:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:19The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water [is] naught, and the ground barren.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold now, the situation of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the land miscarrieth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city say unto Elisha, 'Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city is good, as my lord seeth, and the waters are bad, and the earth sterile.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.