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Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 9:4

And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Enthusiasm;   Jehu;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   King, Kings;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehu;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehu;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jehu;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehu ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jehu;   Ramothgilead;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehu;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehu;  

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,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the yong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, yede in to Ramoth of Galaad, and entride thidur.
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 And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead, 2 and thou hast gone in there, and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and thou hast gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren, and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber, 3 and taken the vial of oil, and poured on his head, and said, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel; and thou hast opened the door, and fled, and dost not wait.' 4 And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead, 5 and cometh in, and lo, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he saith, `I have a word unto thee, O chief!' and Jehu saith, `Unto which of all of us?' and he saith, `Unto thee, O chief.' 6 And he riseth and cometh in to the house, and he poureth the oil on his head, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah, unto Israel, 7 and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel; 8 and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel, 9 and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, 10 and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;' and he openeth the door and fleeth.

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 every living creature which [is] with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:14
and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,
Leviticus 3:17
`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'
Leviticus 7:26
`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;
Leviticus 19:26
`Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
Deuteronomy 12:16
`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Deuteronomy 12:23
`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
Deuteronomy 14:21
`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who [is] within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell [it] to a stranger; for a holy people thou [art] to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
Acts 15:20
but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the 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.


 
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