2 Kings 2:22
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
21 and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
23 From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
24 Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
- KJV
- So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
- WEB
- So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
- ASV
- So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.
- DARBY
- And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
- BLB
- And the waters were healed up to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.
- ÅB
- Og vannet ble godt og har så vært til denne dag, etter det ord som Elisa hadde talt.
- OTB
- Og vannet har forblitt rent til denne dag, akkurat som Elisja hadde erklært.
- B1930
- Og vannet blev godt og har så vært til denne dag, efter det ord som Elisa hadde talt.