2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
2 Kings 6:31 in other translations
| BSB | He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!” |
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| WEB | Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.” |
| ASV | Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. |
| YLT | And he saith, ‘Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.' |
| DARBY | And he said,God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day! |
| BBE | Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day. |
| Webster | Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. |
What does 2 Kings 6:31 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 6:24-33
Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the woman may be the language of despair. See the word of God fulfilled; among the threatenings of God's judgments upon Israel for their sins, this was one, that they should eat the flesh of their own children, De 28:53-57. The…
2 Kings 6:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 6:31
- Ruth 1:17
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
- 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- Acts 23:12-13
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
- Jeremiah 38:4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- 1 Kings 2:23
Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
- 2 Samuel 19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- 1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- 2 Samuel 3:9
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
- 1 Samuel 3:17
And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
- 1 Samuel 14:44
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 25:22
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
- Jeremiah 37:15-16
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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Context
- 2 Kings 6:30
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
- 2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- 2 Kings 6:32
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
2 Kings 6:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él dijo: Así me haga Dios, y así me añada, si la cabeza de Eliseo hijo de Saphat quedare sobre él hoy. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le roi dit: Ainsi Dieu me fasse, et ainsi il y ajoute, si la tête d’Élisée, fils de Shaphath, demeure sur lui aujourd’hui! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach: So soll mir Gott tun und so hinzufügen, wenn der Kopf Elisas, des Sohnes Saphats, heute auf ihm bleibt! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait rex: Hæc mihi faciat Deus, et hæc addat, si steterit caput Elisei filii Saphat super ipsum hodie. |