31Then he said, |God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day.|


In Context

28 The king said to her, |What ails you?| She answered, |This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

29 So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him;' and she has hidden her son.|

30 It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

31 Then he said, |God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day.|

32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, |Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?|

33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, |Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?|

2 Kings 6:31 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:31He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:31And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:31And he saith, 'Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add — if it remain — the head of Elisha son of Shaphat — upon him this day.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.