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2 Kings 2:22

Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha spoke.

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

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

19The men of the city said to Elisha, “My lord can see that even though the city’s location is good, the water is bad and the land unfruitful.” 20He replied, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” 21Elisha went out to the spring, threw salt in it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will death or unfruitfulness result from it.’” 22Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha spoke.23From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!” 24He turned around, looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the children. 25From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel, and then he returned to Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:19
The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds a house,its builders labor over it in vain;unless the Lord watches over a city,the watchman stays alert in vain.
Proverbs 18:22
A man who finds a wife finds a good thingand obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14
A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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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