KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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BSB 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!”
WEB World 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 6
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.
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 this day.
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthusיַעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלִּ֥יH9030 · nimeאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְכֹ֣הH3541 · kohthusיוֹסִ֑ףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againאִֽם־H518 · imifיַעֲמֹ֞דH5975 · a.madto stand: standרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֱלִישָׁ֧עH477 · e.li.sahElishaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשָׁפָ֛טH8202 · sha.phatShaphatעָלָ֖יוH5921 · aluponהַיּֽוֹם׃H3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Ruth 1:17Where 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 Kings 19:2Then 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 22:8And 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.Jeremiah 38:4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.2 Samuel 19:13And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.Jeremiah 37:15-16Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.John 11:50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.2 Samuel 3:9So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;1 Samuel 14:44And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.1 Kings 2:23Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.Acts 23:12-13And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth Israel?1 Samuel 3:17And 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 25:22So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.2 Samuel 3:35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
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