2 Kings 6:18
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
KJV
Hostes vero descenderunt ad eum : porro Eliseus oravit ad Dominum, dicens : Percute, obsecro, gentem hanc cæcitate. Percussitque eos Dominus ne viderent, juxta verbum Elisei.
Vulgate
καὶ κατέβησαν πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ προσηύξατο πρὸς Κύριον καὶ εἶπεν Πάταξον δὴ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος ἀορασίᾳ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς ἀορασίᾳ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Ἐλεισαῖε.
LXX
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
ASV
וַ/יֵּרְדוּ֮ אֵלָי/ו֒ וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל אֱלִישָׁ֤ע אֶל יְהוָה֙ וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר הַךְ נָ֥א אֶת הַ/גּוֹי הַ/זֶּ֖ה בַּ/סַּנְוֵרִ֑ים וַ/יַּכֵּ֥/ם בַּ/סַּנְוֵרִ֖ים כִּ/דְבַ֥ר אֱלִישָֽׁע
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Kgs 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
- Acts 13:11 — And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to
- Gen 19:11 — And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Gen 19:11 — And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Job 38:15 — And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
- John 9:39 — And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
- John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.