2 Kings 5:3
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
2 Kings 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” |
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| WEB | She said to her mistress, “I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.” |
| ASV | And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy. |
| YLT | and she saith unto her mistress, ‘O that my lord were before the prophet who is in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.' |
| DARBY | And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy. |
| BBE | And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well. |
| Webster | And she said to her mistress, I would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. |
What does 2 Kings 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 5:2-5
2-5. a little maid--who had been captured in one of the many predatory incursions which were then made by the Syrians on the northern border of Israel (see 1Sa 30:8; 2Ki 13:21; 24:2). By this young Hebrew slave of his wife, Naaman's attention was directed to the prophet of Israel, as the person who would remove his leprosy. Naaman, on communicating the matter to his royal master, was immediately furnished with a…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-8
Though the Syrians were idolaters, and oppressed God's people, yet the deliverance of which Naaman had been the means, is here ascribed to the Lord. Such is the correct language of Scripture, while those who write common history, plainly show that God is not in all their thoughts. No man's greatness, or honour, can place him our of the reach of the sorest calamities of human life: there is many a sickly, crazy body…
2 Kings 5:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 5:3
- Numbers 11:29
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
- Acts 26:29
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
- Luke 17:12-14
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
- 1 Corinthians 4:8
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
- Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- 2 Kings 5:8
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
- Matthew 8:2-3
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
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Context
- 2 Kings 5:2
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
- 2 Kings 5:3
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
- 2 Kings 5:4
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
2 Kings 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dijo á su señora: Si rogase mi señor al profeta que está en Samaria, él lo sanaría de su lepra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle dit à sa maîtresse: Oh, si mon seigneur était devant le prophète qui est à Samarie! alors il le délivrerait de sa lèpre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sprach zu ihrer Herrin: Ach, wäre doch mein Herr vor dem Propheten, der zu Samaria wohnt! dann würde er ihn von seinem Aussatz heilen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quæ ait ad dominam suam: Utinam fuisset dominus meus ad prophetam qui est in Samaria, profecto curasset eum a lepra quam habet. |