KJV King James Version
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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2 Kings 5:14
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
WEB World English Bible
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
ASV American Standard Version
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 5
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 [Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
16 But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּ֗רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downוַיִּטְבֹּ֤לH2881 · ta.valto dipבַּיַּרְדֵּן֙H3383 · yar.denJordanשֶׁ֣בַעH7651 · she.vasevenפְּעָמִ֔יםH6471 · pa.ambeatכִּדְבַ֖רH1697 · da.varwordאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיָּ֣שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnבְּשָׂר֗וֹH1320 · ba.sarfleshכִּבְשַׂ֛רH1320 · ba.sarfleshנַ֥עַרH5288 · na.aryouthקָטֹ֖ןH6996 · qa.tansmallוַיִּטְהָֽר׃H2891 · ta.herbe pure
Cross-references
Job 33:25His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: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.Luke 5:13And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.Zechariah 14:8And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.John 2:5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].2 Kings 5:10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.Ezekiel 47:1-9Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar.Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.Proverbs 25:11-12A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.Hebrews 11:7-8By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.Proverbs 9:9Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
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