2 Kings 2:22

Easy-to-Read Version

The water became pure and is still good today. It happened just as Elisha had said.

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.

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.

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 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Sir, you can see this city is in a nice place, but the water is bad. That is why the land cannot grow crops." ²⁰ Elisha said, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it." They brought the bowl to Elisha. ²¹ Then he went out to the place where the water began flowing from the ground. Elisha threw the salt into the water and said, "The Lord said, ‘I am making this water pure! From now on this water will not cause any more death or keep the land from growing crops.'" ²² The water became pure and is still good today. It happened just as Elisha had said. ²³ Elisha went from that city to Bethel. He was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of him. They said, "Go away, you bald-headed man! Go away, you bald-headed man!" ²⁴ Elisha looked back and saw them. He asked the Lord to cause bad things to happen to them. Then two bears came out of the forest and attacked the boys. There were 42 boys ripped apart by the bears. ²⁵ Elisha left Bethel and went to Mount Carmel and from there he went back to Samaria.

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Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.

Genesis 2:9
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.

Genesis 2:19
The Lord God used dust from the ground and made every animal in the fields and every bird in the air. He brought all these animals to the man, and the man gave them all a name.

Psalms 127:1

A song from Solomon for going up to the Temple.

If it is not the Lord who builds a house, the builders are wasting their time. If it is not the Lord who watches over the city, the guards are wasting their time.

Proverbs 18:22
If you find a wife, you have found something good. She shows that the Lord is happy with you.

Proverbs 19:14
People receive houses and money from their parents, but a good wife is a gift from the Lord .

1 Timothy 2:13
because Adam was made first. Eve was made later.

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by everyone. And every marriage should be kept pure between husband and wife. God will judge guilty those who commit sexual sins and adultery.

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.