2 Kings 2:22

New Living Translation

And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha 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.

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 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 One day the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elisha. "We have a problem, my lord," they told him. "This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive." ²⁰ Elisha said, "Bring me a new bowl with salt in it." So they brought it to him. ²¹ Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, "This is what the Lord says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility." ²² And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said. ²³ Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. "Go away, baldy!" they chanted. "Go away, baldy!" ²⁴ Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord . Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them. ²⁵ From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria.

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Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:19
So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.

Psalms 127:1

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.

Proverbs 18:22
The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord .

Proverbs 19:14
Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.

1 Timothy 2:13
For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve.

Hebrews 13:4
Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit 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.