2 Kings 6:21
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
KJV
Dixitque rex Israël ad Eliseum, cum vidisset eos : Numquid percutiam eos, pater mi ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραήλ, ὡς εἶδεν αὐτούς Εἰ πατάξας πατάξω, πάτερ;
LXX
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל אֱלִישָׁ֔ע כִּ/רְאֹת֖/וֹ אוֹתָ֑/ם הַ/אַכֶּ֥ה אַכֶּ֖ה אָבִֽ/י
Hebrew
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People
Elisha
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱלִישָׁ֔ע
'lysh'
proper_noun · 58×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
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.
- 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 5:13 — 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 8:9 — So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent m
- Matt 23:9 — And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.