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2 Kings 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, and be clean?

KJV

accesserunt ad eum servi sui, et locuti sunt ei : Pater, etsi rem grandem dixisset tibi propheta, certe facere debueras : quanto magis quia nunc dixit tibi : Lavare, et mundaberis ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἤγγισαν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς αὐτόν Μέγαν λόγον ἐλάλησεν ὁ προφήτης πρὸς σέ, οὐχὶ ποιήσεις; καὶ ὅτι εἶπεν πρὸς σέ Λοῦσαι καὶ καθαρίσθητι.

LXX

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, and be clean?

ASV

וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֣וּ עֲבָדָי/ו֮ וַ/יְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָי/ו֒ וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ אָבִי֙ דָּבָ֣ר גָּד֗וֹל הַ/נָּבִ֛יא דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ הֲ/ל֣וֹא תַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְ/אַ֛ף כִּֽי אָמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ רְחַ֥ץ וּ/טְהָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה
h
verb · 124×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
טָהֵֽר
thr
verb · 95×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
רָחַ֥ץ
rchts
verb · 72×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:11 — If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
  • 1Pet 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
  • 1Sam 24:11 — Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in
  • 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.
  • 2Kgs 6:12 — And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
  • 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 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
  • Acts 22:16 — And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
  • Eph 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
  • Eph 6:7 — With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
  • Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Jer 38:7 — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
  • Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
  • Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Ruth 2:8 — Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
  • Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;