2 Kings 9:4

Myles Coverdale Bible

And the prophetes yonge man, the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.

Hebrew Names Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramot-Gil`ad.

King James Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

English Standard Version
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

New Century Version
So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth in Gilead.

New English Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.

Amplified Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

New American Standard Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the young man—the young man of the prophet—went to Ramoth-gilead.

Contemporary English Version
The young prophet left for Ramoth.

Complete Jewish Bible
So the young prophet left for Ramot-Gil‘ad.

Darby Translation
And the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.

Easy-to-Read Version
So this young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.

George Lamsa Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramath-gilead.

Good News Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramoth,

Lexham English Bible
So the young man, servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.

Literal Translation
And the young man went, the servant of the prophet, to Ramoth-gilead.

American Standard Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

Bible in Basic English
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the seruaunt of the prophete gat him to Ramoth Gilead:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

King James Version (1611)
So the yong man, euen the yong man the Prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad.

English Revised Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth–gilead.

Berean Standard Bible
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the yong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, yede in to Ramoth of Galaad, and entride thidur.

Young's Literal Translation
And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead,

Update Bible Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

World English Bible
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

New King James Version
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.

New Living Translation
So the young prophet did as he was told and went to Ramoth-gilead.

New Life Bible
So the young servant of the man of God went to Ramoth-gilead.

New Revised Standard
So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the young man went his way - the young man the prophet - unto Ramoth-gilead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went away to Ramoth Galaad,

Revised Standard Version
So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

THE MESSAGE
The young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. On arrival he found the army officers all sitting around. He said, "I have a matter of business with you, officer." Jehu said, "Which one of us?" "With you, officer."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

Contextual Overview

¹ Eliseus the prophet called one of the prophetes childre, & sayde vnto him: Girde vp yi loynes, and take this cruse of oyle with the, and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead: ² and wha thou comest thither, thou shalt se there one Iehu, ye sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi, and go in, and byd him stonde vp amonge his brethren, and brynge him in to the ynmost chamber, ³ & take thou ye cruse of oyle, and poure it vpon his heade, & saye: Thus sayeth the LORDE: I haue anointed the to be kynge ouer Israel: & thou shalt open the dore, and flye, and not tary. ⁴ And the prophetes yonge man, the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead. ⁵ And whan he came in, beholde, the captaynes of the hoost sat there, and he sayde: I haue somwhat to saye vnto the O captayne. Iehu saide: Vnto whom amonge vs all? He sayde: Euen vnto the o captayne. ⁶ Then stode he vp, and wente in. So he poured the oyle vpon his heade, and sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: I haue anoynted ye to be kynge ouer the LORDES people of Israel, ⁷ and thou shalt smyte thy lorde Achabs house, that I maye auenge the bloude of my seruauntes the prophetes, and the bloude of all the LORDES seruauntes, from the hande of Iesabel, ⁸ that all the house of Achab maye peri?she. And I wyl rote out from Achab, euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall, and the closed vp and the desolate in Israel: ⁹ and the house of Achab wyll I make euen as the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia, ¹⁰ and ye dogges shall eate vp Iesabel vpon the felde at Iesrael, and noman shall burye her. And he opened the dore, and fled.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the young man: Hannaâr hannavee, not as some would render, "the servant of the prophet," but, as correctly rendered by our venerable translators, "the young man, the prophet;" for הנער, hannaâr, "the young man," is not in regimine, but in appositione, with הנביא, hannavee, "the prophet." 2 Kings 9:4

Cross-References

Genesis 9:10
and with euery lyuynge creature that is with you, both foule, catell, and all beastes vpon the earth with you, of all that is gone out of the Arke, what so euer beast of the earth it be:

Genesis 9:14
so that wha I brynge cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe shal appeare in the cloudes.

Leviticus 3:17
All the fatt is the LORDES. Let this be a perpetuall lawe amonge yor posterities in all youre dwellynges, that ye eate no fatt, ner bloude.

Leviticus 7:26
Morouer, ye shall eate no bloude, nether of catell, ner of foules, where so euer ye dwell.

Leviticus 19:26
Ye shal eate nothinge wt bloude. Ye shall not regarde ye foules cryenge, ner chose out dayes.

Deuteronomy 12:16
onely the bloude shalt thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon the earth.

Deuteronomy 12:23
Onely bewarre, that thou eate not the bloude: for the bloude is the life. Therfore shalt thou not eate the life wt the flesh,

Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall eate of nothinge yt dyeth alone: thou mayest geue it vnto ye straunger within yi gate, that he eate it, or sell it to a straunger. For thou art an holy people vnto ye LORDE thy God. Thou shalt not seeth a kydd, whyle it yet sucketh his mother.

Deuteronomy 15:23
Onely se that thou eate not of the bloude therof, but poure it out as water vpon the grounde.

Acts 15:20
but to wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols, from whordome, and from strangled, and bloude.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. It is repeated, that it might be observed that it was a young man that went, who was more fit for this service than Elisha, partly because of his age, and partly because he would be less known; as also his age is remarked, this being a bold and daring action in a young man to anoint a new king, as well as it was honourable; and moreover, he was not only one of the sons of the prophets, but was a prophet himself, though young, and still a more fit person for such a service; though the Targum is, a young man, a disciple of the prophets.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 9:4. The young man the prophet — This should be translated, The servant of the prophet; that is, the servant which Elisha now had in place of Gehazi.