2 Kings 2:10
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
KJV
Qui respondit : Rem difficilem postulasti : attamen si videris me quando tollar a te, erit tibi quod petisti : si autem non videris, non erit.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειού Ἐσκλήρυνας τοῦ αἰτήσασθαι· ἐὰν ἴδῃς με ἀναλαμβανόμενον ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ἔσται οὕτως· καὶ ἐὰν μή, οὐ μὴ γένηται.
LXX
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר הִקְשִׁ֣יתָ לִ/שְׁא֑וֹל אִם תִּרְאֶ֨ה אֹתִ֜/י לֻקָּ֤ח מֵֽ/אִתָּ/ךְ֙ יְהִֽי לְ/ךָ֣ כֵ֔ן וְ/אִם אַ֖יִן לֹ֥א יִהְיֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 2:12 — And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
- John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- Mark 11:22 — And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.