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Hebrew Names Version

2 Kings 2:22

So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he 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

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha 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

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries. 20 He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him. 21 He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying. 22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. 23 He went up from there to Beit-El; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead. 24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them. 25 He went from there to Mount Karmel, and from there he returned to Shomron.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in `Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:19
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
Psalms 127:1
<> Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first formed, then Havah.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but 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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