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2 Kings 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.

KJV

Dixitque unus servorum ejus : Nequaquam, domine mi rex, sed Eliseus propheta qui est in Israël, indicat regi Israël omnia verba quæcumque locutus fueris in conclavi tuo.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν εἷς τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ Οὐχί, κύριε μου βασιλεῦ, ὅτι Ἐλεισαῖε ὁ προφήτης ὁ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἀναγγέλλει τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ πάντας τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἐὰν λαλήσῃς ἐν τῷ ταμείῳ τοῦ κοιτῶνός σου.

LXX

And one of his servants said, Nay, 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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַחַ֣ד מֵֽ/עֲבָדָ֔י/ו ל֖וֹא אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּֽי אֱלִישָׁ֤ע הַ/נָּבִיא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַגִּיד֙ לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת הַ֨/דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּ֖ר בַּ/חֲדַ֥ר מִשְׁכָּבֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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People Elisha

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִישָׁ֔ע
'lysh'
proper_noun · 58×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
וֹ
v
noun · 45×
חַדְרֵי
chdry
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 5:3 — And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
  • 2Kgs 5:8 — And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he
  • 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 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
  • 2Kgs 6:9 — And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
  • Amos 3:7 — Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • Amos 3:7 — Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • Dan 2:22 — He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
  • Dan 2:28 — But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
  • Dan 2:47 — The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
  • Dan 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretat
  • Eccl 10:20 — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
  • Eccl 10:20 — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
  • Isa 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Jer 23:23 — Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
  • Job 12:22 — He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
  • John 4:19 — The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
  • Ps 139:1 — O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
  • Ps 139:2 — Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.