2 Kings 2:20

English Standard Version

He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He replied, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.”

Hebrew Names Version
He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him.

King James Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

New Century Version
Elisha said, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

New English Translation
Elisha said, "Get me a new jar and put some salt in it." So they got it.

Amplified Bible
He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

New American Standard Bible
And he said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide, Bring me a newe cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

Contemporary English Version
He replied, "Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me." They brought him the bowl of salt,

Complete Jewish Bible
"Bring me a new jug," he said, "and put salt in it." They brought it to him.

Darby Translation
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha said, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it." They brought the bowl to Elisha.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said, Bring me a new cruse and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

Good News Translation
"Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me," he ordered. They brought it to him,

Lexham English Bible
So he said, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

Literal Translation
And he said, Bring a new dish to me, and put salt there. And they took it to him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: Bringe me hither a new vessell, & put salt in it. And they broughte it him.

American Standard Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Bible in Basic English
So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He saide: Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

King James Version (1611)
And hee said, Bring mee a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took one, and brought it to him.

English Revised Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Berean Standard Bible
"Bring me a new bowl," he replied, "and put some salt in it." So they brought it to him,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Brynge ye to me a newe vessel, and sende ye salt in to it. And whanne thei hadden brouyt it,

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring [it] unto him,

Update Bible Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.

World English Bible
He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him.

New King James Version
And he said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

New Living Translation
Elisha said, "Bring me a new bowl with salt in it." So they brought it to him.

New Life Bible
Elisha said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

New Revised Standard
He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Bring me a new bowl, and put therein, salt. So they brought it unto him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

Revised Standard Version
He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

THE MESSAGE
He said, "Bring me a brand-new bowl and put some salt in it." They brought it to him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Now the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful." ²⁰ He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. ²¹ Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, "Thus says the Lord , I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it." ²² So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke. ²³ He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" ²⁴ And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord . And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. ²⁵ From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

salt therein: Judges 9:45, Ezekiel 47:11, Zephaniah 2:9

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great 2 Kings 20:7 - Take a lump Colossians 4:6 - seasoned

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein,.... One that had never been used, that it might not be thought that the virtue was owing to anything that had been, or was, put into it:

and they brought it to him; the pot with the salt in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “new cruse” and the “salt” are evidently chosen from a regard to symbolizm. The foul stream represents sin, and to cleanse it emblems of purity must he taken. Hence, the clean “new” dish previously unused, and thus untainted; and the salt, a common Scriptural symbol of incorruption (see Leviticus 2:13; Ezekiel 43:24; Matthew 5:13, etc.).