15When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, |Alas, my master! What shall we do?|


In Context

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.

15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, |Alas, my master! What shall we do?|

16 He answered, |Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.|

17 Elisha prayed, and said, |Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.| Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we do?" the servant asked.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And the servant of the man of God rising early, went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the attendant of the man of God rose early and went forth, behold, an army surrounded the city, with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, 'Alas! my lord, how do we do?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?