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2 Kings 8:11

9 So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

10 Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

13 “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

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BSB
Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
KJV
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
WEB
He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.
ASV
And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
DARBY
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
BLB
And he set his countenance, and he set [it] until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.
ÅB
Og den Guds mann holdt sine øyne festet på ham overmåte lenge og begynte å gråte.
OTB
Og han stirret stødig på ham til Hasael ble flau, og Guds mann gråt.
B1930
Og den Guds mann holdt sine øine festet på ham overmåte lenge og begynte å gråte.

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Cross references

  • Luke 19:41

    As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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  • Romans 9:2

    I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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  • Psalms 119:136

    My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

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  • Jeremiah 9:18

    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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  • Jeremiah 9:1

    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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  • Genesis 45:2

    But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.

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  • 2 Kings 2:17

    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

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