2 Kings 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.
KJV
Eliseus autem videbat, et clamabat : Pater mi, pater mi, currus Israël, et auriga ejus. Et non vidit eum amplius : apprehenditque vestimenta sua, et scidit illa in duas partes.
Vulgate
καὶ Ἐλεισαῖε ἑώρα, καὶ ἐβόα Πάτερ πάτερ, ἅρμα Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἱππεὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἔτι, καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ καὶ διέρρηξεν αὐτὰ εἰς δύο ῥήγματα.
LXX
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots 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.
ASV
וֶ/אֱלִישָׁ֣ע רֹאֶ֗ה וְ/ה֤וּא מְצַעֵק֙ אָבִ֣/י אָבִ֗/י רֶ֤כֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּ/פָ֣רָשָׁ֔י/ו וְ/לֹ֥א רָאָ֖/הוּ ע֑וֹד וַֽ/יַּחֲזֵק֙ בִּ/בְגָדָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּקְרָעֵ֖/ם לִ/שְׁנַ֥יִם קְרָעִֽים
Hebrew
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15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Kgs 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.
- 2Kgs 5:13 — And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash,
- 2Kgs 6:21 — And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
- 2Kgs 13:14 — Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the ho
- 2Kgs 13:14 — Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the ho
- 2Sam 1:27 — How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Matt 23:9 — And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.