2 Kings 6:33

Discouragement and depression Doubt Waiting on God

³¹ 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!”

³² Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
KJV: 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?
WEB: While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
ASV: And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
DARBY: And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And [the king] said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
BLB: And while he was speaking with them, behold, the messenger was coming down to him, and he said, “Behold, this evil [is] from YHWH. Why should I wait for YHWH any longer?”

ÅB: Mens han enda talte med dem, kom budet ned til ham. Da sa han[^4]: Se for en ulykke[^5] det er kommet fra Herren! Hvorfor skulle jeg lenger bie på Herren?
[^1]: du dreper ikke engang krigsfanger, langt mindre bør du da drepe disse.
[^2]: Elisa.
[^3]: Akabs sønn, 1KG 19, 10. 14; 21, 19.
[^4]: kongen som var kommet etter budet.
[^5]: 2KG 6, 29.
OTB: Mens han fortsatt talte med dem, se, kom budbringeren ned til ham og sa, "Se, dette onde er fra Herren; hvorfor skulle jeg vente på Herren lenger?"
B1930: Mens han ennu talte med dem, kom budet ned til ham. Da sa han: Se for en ulykke det er kommet fra Herren! Hvorfor skulde jeg lenger bie på Herren? / < kongen som var kommet efter budet.> / < 2KG 6, 29.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Job 2:9
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
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Isaiah 8:21
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
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Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
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Psalms 37:9
For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
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Job 1:21
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
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Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
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2 Corinthians 2:11
in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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Matthew 27:4–5
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
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