2 Kings 6 · Verse 33

2 Kings 6:33

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
2 Kings 6:33, King James Version

2 Kings 6:33 in other translations

BSBWhile Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
WEBWhile he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
ASVAnd while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
YLTHe is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, ‘Lo, this is the evil from Jehovah: what--do I wait for Jehovah any more?'
DARBYAnd while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
BBEWhile he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?
WebsterAnd while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is from the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

What does 2 Kings 6:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Behold, this evil is of the Lord - It is difficult to know whether it be the prophet, the messenger, or the king, that says these words. It might be the answer of the prophet from within to the messenger who was without, and who sought for admission, and gave his reason; to whom Elisha might have replied: "I am not the cause of these calamities; they are from the Lord; I have been praying for their removal; but why should I pray to the Lord any longer, for the time of your deliverance is at hand?" And then Elisha said, - see the following chapter, 2 Kings 7 (note), where the removal of the calamity is foretold in the most explicit manner; and indeed the chapter is unhappily divided from this. The seventh chapter should have begun with 2Kgs 6:24 of this chapter, as, by the present division, the story is unnaturally interrupted. How natural is it for men to lay the cause of their suffering on any thing or person but themselves! Ahab's iniquity was sufficient to have brought down God's displeasure on a whole nation; and yet he takes no blame to himself, but lays all on the prophet, who was the only salt that preserved the whole nation from corruption. How few take their sins to themselves! and till they do this, they cannot be true penitents; nor can they expect God's wrath to be averted till they feel themselves the chief of sinners.

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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…

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2 Kings 6:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙o.De.nustill heH5750
מְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.Ber[was] speakingH1696
עִמָּ֔ם'i.Mamwith themH5973
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְha.mal.'Akhthe messengerH4397
יֹרֵ֣דyo.Red[was] coming downH3381
אֵלָ֑יו'e.Lavto himH413
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הִנֵּֽה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
זֹ֤אתzotthisH2063
הָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451
מֵאֵ֣תme.'Et[is] from withH854
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מָֽה\־mah-why?H4100
אוֹחִ֥יל'o.Chilwill I waitH3176
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
עֽוֹד\׃\ \סodstillH5750

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Cross references for 2 Kings 6:33

  • Job 2:9

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

  • Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

  • Isaiah 50:10

    Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

  • Psalms 37:9

    For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

  • Job 1:21

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 26:3

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:11

    Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

  • Matthew 27:4-5

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:7

    So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

  • Psalms 27:14

    Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 2:25

    Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
this evil is of the Lord.
Ge 4:13; Ex 16:6-8; 1Sa 28:6-8; 31:4; Job 1:11,21; 2:5,9; Pr 19:3
Isa 8:21; Jer 2:25; Eze 33:10; Mt 27:4,5; 2Co 2:7,11; Re 16:9-11
wait for the.
Ps 27:14; 37:7,9; 62:5; Isa 8:17; 26:3; 50:10; La 3:25,26; Hab 2:3
Lu 18:1

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Context

  • 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 6:33

    And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

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2 Kings 6:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun estaba él hablando con ellos, y he aquí el mensajero que descendía á él; y dijo: Ciertamente este mal de Jehová viene. ¿Para qué tengo de esperar más á Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il parlait encore avec eux, quand voici, le messager descendit vers lui. Et le roi dit: Voici, ce mal est de par l’ Éternel; pourquoi m’attendrais-je encore à l’ Éternel?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Noch redete er mit ihnen, siehe, da kam der Bote zu ihm herab; und er sprach: Siehe, dieses Unglück ist von Jehova; was soll ich noch auf Jehova harren?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adhuc illo loquente eis, apparuit nuntius qui veniebat ad eum. Et ait: Ecce, tantum malum a Domino est: quid amplius expectabo a Domino?