12One of his servants said, |No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.|


In Context

9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, |Beware that you not pass such a place; for the Syrians are coming down there.|

10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

11 The heart of the king of Syria was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, |Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?|

12 One of his servants said, |No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.|

13 He said, |Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.| It was told him, saying, |Behold, he is in Dothan.|

14 Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.

2 Kings 6:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:12"None of us, my lord the king," said one of his officers, "but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that [is] in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said: No one, my lord O king: but Eliseus the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants saith, 'Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who is in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.