Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!” New Living Translation “May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders this very day,” the king vowed. English Standard Version and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.” Berean Standard Bible 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!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Then he said, “God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!” New American Standard Bible Then he said, “May God do so to me and more so, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.” NASB 1995 Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.” NASB 1977 Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.” Legacy Standard Bible Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.” Amplified Bible Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!” Christian Standard Bible He announced, “May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.” Holman Christian Standard Bible He announced, “May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.” American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version He said, "I pray that God will punish me terribly, if Elisha's head is still on his shoulders by this time tomorrow." English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He said, "May God strike me dead if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on his [body] today." Good News Translation He exclaimed, "May God strike me dead if Elisha is not beheaded before the day is over!" International Standard Version He said, "May God do to me—and more also!—if the head of Shaphat's son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!" Majority Standard Bible 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!” NET Bible Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!" New Heart English Bible Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day." Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he says, “Thus God does to me and thus He adds, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on him this day.” Young's Literal Translation 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And he will say, Thus will God do to me, and thus will he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat, shall stand upon him this day. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said, “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, will remain on him this day!” New American Bible The king exclaimed, “May God do thus to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on him today!” New Revised Standard Version and he said, “So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen he said, May God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he said: “So God shall do to me and so he will add to me if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat will remain upon him today!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Then 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.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisaie shall stand upon him this day. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Siege and Famine of Samaria…30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin. 31He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!” 32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”… Cross References 1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!” 1 Kings 21:23-24 And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ / Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.” 2 Kings 9:7 And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. 2 Kings 9:30-37 Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. / And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” / He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. ... 2 Kings 10:11 So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor. 2 Kings 11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. 2 Kings 5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!” 2 Kings 7:17-20 Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him. / It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.” / And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” ... 2 Kings 3:13 Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.” 2 Kings 1:9-10 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’” / Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men. Matthew 14:8-11 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” / The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted / and sent to have John beheaded in the prison. ... Mark 6:24-28 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” / At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.” / The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her. ... Luke 9:9 “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus. Matthew 23:34-35 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Treasury of Scripture 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. God do so 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 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. if the head 1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 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. 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 inquire 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. Jump to Previous Add Body Deal Elisha Eli'sha God's Head Keeps Punishment Severely Shaphat Shoulders Stand TodayJump to Next Add Body Deal Elisha Eli'sha God's Head Keeps Punishment Severely Shaphat Shoulders Stand Today2 Kings 6 1. Elisha, allowing the young prophets to enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead8. He discloses the king of Syria's counsel 13. The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is blinded 19. Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace 24. The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children 30. The king sends to slay Elisha May God punish me, and ever so severely This phrase is a solemn oath, invoking divine retribution upon oneself if the stated intention is not fulfilled. In Hebrew culture, oaths were taken very seriously, often invoking God's name to underscore the gravity of the promise. The phrase reflects the king's intense anger and desperation, as he holds Elisha responsible for the dire situation in Samaria. Historically, such oaths were common in the ancient Near East, serving as a binding contract that called upon the divine to enforce the speaker's words. if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today God do so . . . to me. --Literally, So may God do to me, and so may he add: a common form of oath. (Comp. Ruth 1:17; 1Samuel 3:17; 1Kings 2:23.)If the head of Elisha . . . this day.--The king's horror at the woman's dreadful story is succeeded by indignation against Elisha, who had probably counselled an unyielding resistance to the foe, in the steadfast faith that Jehovah would help His own; and who, prophet though he was, and endued with miraculous powers, had yet brought no help in this hour of urgent need. (Comp. with the oath that of Jezebel against Elijah, 1Kings 19:2.) Verse 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 - i.e. "continue on him" - this day. The form of oath was a common one (comp. Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 19:2, etc.). It was an imprecation of evil on one's self, if one did, or if one failed to do, a certain thing. Why Jehoram should have considered Elisha as responsible for all the horrors of the siege is not apparent; but perhaps he supposed that it was in Elisha's power to work a miracle of any kind at any moment that he liked. If so, he misunderstood the nature of the miraculous gift. In threatening to behead Elisha, he is not making himself an executor of the Law, which nowhere sanctioned that mode of punishment, but assuming the arbitrary power of the other Oriental monarchs of his time, who regarded themselves as absolute masters of the lives and liberties of their subjects. Beheading was common in Egypt, in Babylonia, and in Assyria.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He announced,וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “May God אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative punish כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now me, לִּ֥י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew and ever so וְכֹ֣ה (wə·ḵōh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now severely, יוֹסִ֑ף (yō·w·sip̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment if אִֽם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not the head רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head of Elisha אֱלִישָׁ֧ע (’ĕ·lî·šā‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 477: Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of Shaphat שָׁפָ֛ט (šā·p̄āṭ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8202: Shaphat -- 'he has judged', five Israelites remains יַעֲמֹ֞ד (ya·‘ă·mōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations on his shoulders עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against through this day!” הַיּֽוֹם׃ (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day Links 2 Kings 6:31 NIV2 Kings 6:31 NLT 2 Kings 6:31 ESV 2 Kings 6:31 NASB 2 Kings 6:31 KJV 2 Kings 6:31 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 6:31 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 6:31 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 6:31 French Bible 2 Kings 6:31 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 6:31 Then he said God do so (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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