KJV King James Version
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
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2 Kings 5:25
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
WEB World English Bible
But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
ASV American Standard Version
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, ‘Whence—Gehazi?’ and he saith, ‘Thy servant went not hither or thither.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 5
22 And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [them] before him.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itבָא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeוַיַּעֲמֹ֣דH5975 · a.madto stand: standאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֲדֹנָ֔יוH113 · a.donlordוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)אֱלִישָׁ֔עH477 · e.li.sahElishaמֵאַ֖יִןH370 · a.yinwhere?גֵּחֲזִ֑יH1522 · ge.cha.ziGehaziוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotהָלַ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעַבְדְּךָ֖H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveאָ֥נֶהH575 · anwhere?וָאָֽנָה׃H575 · anwhere?
Cross-references
2 Kings 5:22And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.Proverbs 30:20Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.Genesis 3:8-9And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.Genesis 4:9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?Matthew 26:21And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.Acts 5:3-4But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?John 13:26-30Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped [it]. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave [it] to Judas Iscariot, [the son] of Simon.Matthew 26:15-16And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.2 Kings 20:14Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, [even] from Babylon.John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], to betray him;
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