2 Kings 2:22
New International Version
And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

New Living Translation
And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.

English Standard Version
So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Berean Standard Bible
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

King James Bible
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

New King James Version
So the water remains healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

New American Standard Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, in accordance with the word of Elisha which he spoke.

NASB 1995
So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

NASB 1977
So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Amplified Bible
So the waters have been purified to this day, in accordance with the word spoken by Elisha.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, the water still remains healthy today according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, the water remains healthy to this very day according to the word that Elisha spoke.

American Standard Version
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And these waters are healed until today, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisaie which he spoke.

Contemporary English Version
The water has been fine ever since, just as Elisha said.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Eliseus, which he spoke.

English Revised Version
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To this day the water is still pure, as Elisha had said.

Good News Translation
And that water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.

International Standard Version
As a result, the water springs remain pure to this day, just as Elisha had declared.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Literal Standard Version
And the waters are healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.

Majority Standard Bible
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

New American Bible
And the water has stayed pure even to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

NET Bible
The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

New Revised Standard Version
So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

New Heart English Bible
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.

World English Bible
So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.

Young's Literal Translation
And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Elisha Heals the Waters of Jericho
21and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’ ” 22And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

Cross References
2 Kings 2:21
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.'"

2 Kings 2:23
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"


Treasury of Scripture

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2 Kings 2
1. Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan
9. and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven
12. Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor
16. The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.
19. Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters
23. Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha














Verse 22. - So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. It was not a mere temporary, but a permanent, benefit which Elisha bestowed upon the town.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the waters [there]
הַמַּ֔יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

have been healthy
וַיֵּרָפ֣וּ (way·yê·rā·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure

to
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

day,
הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

according to the word
כִּדְבַ֥ר (kiḏ·ḇar)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

spoken
דִּבֵּֽר׃ (dib·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

by Elisha.
אֱלִישָׁ֖ע (’ĕ·lî·šā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 477: Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet


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