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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 2:22

The water has been fine ever since, just as Elisha said.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elisha;   Jericho;   Miracles;   Water;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jericho;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Prophet;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Jericho;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Elisha;   Jericho;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elijah;   Jericho;   Joab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jer'icho;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heal;  

Devotionals:

- Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for January 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha spoke.
Hebrew Names Version
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
King James Version
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
English Standard Version
So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
New Century Version
So the water has been healed to this day just as Elisha had said.
New English Translation
The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.
Amplified Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, in accordance with the word spoken by Elisha.
New American Standard Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, in accordance with the word of Elisha which he spoke.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the waters were healed vntill this day, according to the worde of Elisha which hee had spoken.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
Complete Jewish Bible
The water was healed and has remained healed to this day, in keeping with Elisha's spoken word.
Darby Translation
And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
Easy-to-Read Version
The water became pure and is still good today. It happened just as Elisha had said.
George Lamsa Translation
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
Good News Translation
And that water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.
Lexham English Bible
Then the waters were purified until this very day according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.
Literal Translation
And the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So the water was healed vnto this daye, acordinge to the worde of Eliseus which he spake.
American Standard Version
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.
Bible in Basic English
And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the waters were healed vnto this day, according to the saying of Elias, which he spake.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
King James Version (1611)
So the waters were healed vnto this day, according to the saying of Elisha, which he spake.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisaie which he spoke.
English Revised Version
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.
Berean Standard Bible
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the watris weren heelid til in to this dai, bi the word of Elisee, which he spak.
Young's Literal Translation
And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake.
Update Bible Version
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
World English Bible
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
New King James Version
So the water remains healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
New Living Translation
And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.
New Life Bible
So the water has been pure to this day, just as Elisha said.
New Revised Standard
So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the waters were healed, as they remain unto this day, - according to the word of Elisha which he spake.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Eliseus, which he spoke.
Revised Standard Version
So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word which Eli'sha spoke.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Contextual Overview

19 One day the people of Jericho said, "Elisha, you can see that our city is in a good spot. But the water from our spring is so bad that it even keeps our crops from growing." 20 He replied, "Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me." They brought him the bowl of salt, 21 and he carried it to the spring. He threw the salt into the water and said, "The Lord has made this water pure again. From now on you'll be able to grow crops, and no one will starve." 22 The water has been fine ever since, just as Elisha said. 23 Elisha left and headed toward Bethel. Along the way some boys started making fun of him by shouting, "Go away, baldy! Get out of here!" 24 Elisha turned around and stared at the boys. Then he cursed them in the name of the Lord . Right away two bears ran out of the woods and ripped to pieces forty-two of the boys. 25 Elisha went up to Mount Carmel, then returned to Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
Genesis 2:19
So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
Psalms 127:1

(A song by Solomon for worship.)

Without the help of the Lord it is useless to build a home or to guard a city.
Proverbs 18:22
A man's greatest treasure is his wife— she is a gift from the Lord .
Proverbs 19:14
You may inherit all you own from your parents, but a sensible wife is a gift from the Lord .
1 Timothy 2:13
After all, Adam was created before Eve,
Hebrews 13:4
Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. In the name of the Lord; and not only they remained so unto the time of the writer of this history, but to the times of Josephus, as he testifies s, and even to ours; for there is a spring now called Elisha's spring or fountain, of which Mr. Maundrell says t,

"its waters are at present received in a basin about nine or ten paces long, and five or six broad; and from thence issuing out in good plenty, divide themselves into several small streams, dispersing their refreshment to all the field between this and Jericho, and rendering it exceeding fruitful.''

So some other travellers u say of it, that the water is very clear and cool, and issues in a copious steam. Pliny w gives it the name of "Calirroe", the beautiful stream, and speaks of it as hot, wholesome, and medicinal, and of great note.

s De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 3. t Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 80. u Egmont and Heyman's Travels, vol. 1. p. 331. w Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 16.


 
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