2 Kings 9:4

Wycliffe Bible

Therfor the yong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, yede in to Ramoth of Galaad, and entride thidur.

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prophetes yonge man, the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in 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,

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 Forsothe Elisee, the prophete, clepide oon of the sones of prophetis, and seide to hym, Girde thi leendis, and take this vessel of oile in thin hond, and go in to Ramoth of Galaad. ² And whanne thou schalt come thidur, thou schalt se Hieu, sone of Josephat, sone of Namsi; and thou schalt entre, and schalt reise hym fro the myddis of hise britheren, and thou schalt lede hym in to the ynnere closet. ³ And thou schalt holde the vessel of oile, and schalt schede on his heed, and schalt seie, The Lord seith these thingis, I haue anoyntid thee in to kyng on Israel; and thou schalt opene the dore, and schalt flee, and schalt not abide there. ⁴ Therfor the yong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, yede in to Ramoth of Galaad, and entride thidur. ⁵ Lo! sotheli the princes of the oost saten; and he seide, A! prince, Y haue a word to thee. And Hieu seide, To whom of alle vs? And he seide, To thee, thou prince. ⁶ And he roos, and entride into the closet. And thilk child schedde oile on the heed of hym, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y haue anointid thee in to kyng on the puple of the Lord of Israel; and thou schalt smyte the hows of Achab, ⁷ thi lord, that Y venge the blood of my seruauntis prophetis, and the blood of alle the seruauntis of the Lord, of the hond of Jezabel. ⁸ And Y schal lese al the hows of Achab, and Y schal sle of the hows of Achab a pissere to the wal, and closid, and the laste in Israel. ⁹ And Y schal yyue the hows of Achab as the hows of Jeroboam, sone of Nabat, and as the hous of Baasa, sone of Ahia. ¹⁰ Also doggis schulen ete Jezabel in the feeld of Jezrael; and `noon schal be that schal birie hir. And `the child openyde the dore, and fledde.

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 to ech lyuynge soule which is with you, as wel in briddis as in werk beestis and smale beestis of erthe, and to alle thingis that yeden out of the schip, and to alle vnresonable beestis of erthe.

Genesis 9:14
and whanne Y schal hile heuene with cloudis, my bowe schal appere in the cloudis,

Leviticus 3:17
by euerlastynge riyt in generaciouns, and in alle youre dwellyng placis, nether in ony maner ye schulen ete blood, nethir fatnesse.

Leviticus 7:26
Also ye schulen not take in mete the blood of ony beeste, as wel of briddis as of beestis;

Leviticus 19:26
Ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood. Ye schulen not make veyn diuynyng, nether ye schulen kepe dremes;

Deuteronomy 12:16
which thou schalt schede out as watir on the erthe.

Deuteronomy 12:23
Oneli eschewe thou this, that thou ete not blood; for the blood `of tho beestis is for the lijf, and therfor thou owist not ete the lijf with fleischis,

Deuteronomy 14:21
Yyue thou to the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis, that he ete, ether sille thou to hym, for thou art the hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in `the mylk of his modir.

Deuteronomy 15:23
Onely thou schalt kepe this, that thou ete not the blood of tho, but schede out as watir in to erthe.

Acts 15:20
to be not disesid, but to write to hem, that thei absteyne hem fro defoulingis of maumetis, and fro fornicacioun, and stranglid thingis, and blood.

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.