2 Kings 7:3
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And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
In other translations
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
Hebrew words
וְאַרְבָּעָהve'arba'ahand fourH702אֲנָשִׁים'anashimmenH582הָיוּhayuthey wereH1961מְצֹרָעִיםmetzora'im[people] having a skin diseaseH6879פֶּתַחpetach[the] entrance ofH6607הַשָּׁעַרhasha'arthe gateH8179וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אִישׁ'isheachH376אֶל־'el-toH413רֵעֵהוּre'ehuneighbor hisH7453מָהmahwhy?H4100אֲנַחְנוּ'anachnu[are] weH587יֹשְׁבִיםyoshevimsittingH3427פֹּהpohhereH6311עַד־'ad-untilH5704מָתְנוּ׃matenuwe have diedH4191
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Related verses
- Leviticus 13:45-4645 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.45 A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ 46 As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Numbers 5:2-42 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. 3 You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” 4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
- 2 Kings 7:4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
- Jeremiah 27:13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
- 2 Kings 8:4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
- Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Numbers 12:14And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
- 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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