KJV King James Version
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.
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2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
WEB World English Bible
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
ASV American Standard Version
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour—leprous.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 5
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.
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.
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.
4 And [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.
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וְ֠נַעֲמָןH5283 · na.a.manNaamanשַׂר־H8269 · sarrulerצְבָ֨אH6635 · tsa.vaarmyמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאֲרָ֜םH758 · a.ramAramהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִישׁ֩H376 · ishmanגָּד֨וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeלִפְנֵ֤יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֲדֹנָיו֙H113 · a.donlordוּנְשֻׂ֣אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseפָנִ֔יםH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforב֛וֹH9033 · ohimנָֽתַן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDתְּשׁוּעָ֖הH8668 · te.shu.ahdeliverance: salvationלַאֲרָ֑םH758 · a.ramAramוְהָאִ֗ישׁH376 · ishmanהָיָ֛הH1961 · ha.yahto beגִּבּ֥וֹרH1368 · gib.bormighty manחַ֖יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersמְצֹרָֽע׃H6879 · tsa.rabe leprous
Cross-references
Luke 4:27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,Proverbs 21:31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.Esther 9:4For Mordecai [was] great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.Numbers 12:10-12And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.Deuteronomy 2:37Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.Leviticus 13:2-3When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh [like] the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:Exodus 11:3And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.Isaiah 10:5-6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.2 Chronicles 26:19-23Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.2 Kings 7:3And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?2 Samuel 3:29Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.John 19:11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.Jeremiah 27:5-6I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.Leviticus 13:44-46He is a leprous man, he [is] unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head.2 Kings 5:27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.
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