14Elisha said, |As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.


In Context

11 But Jehoshaphat said, |Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?| One of the king of Israel's servants answered, |Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.|

12 Jehoshaphat said, |The word of Yahweh 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 have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.| The king of Israel said to him, |No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.|

14 Elisha said, |As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

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

16 He said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'

2 Kings 3:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:14Elisha 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord of hosts liveth, in whose sight I stand, if I did not reverence the face of Josaphat king of Juda, I would not have hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee nor see thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look towards thee, nor see thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.