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2 Kings 7:3

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

KJV

Quatuor ergo viri erant leprosi juxta introitum portæ : qui dixerunt ad invicem : Quid hic esse volumus donec moriamur ?

Vulgate

Καὶ τέσσαρες ἄνδρες ἦσαν λεπροὶ παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ Τί ἡμεῖς καθήμεθα ὧδε ἕως ἀποθάνωμεν;

LXX

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

ASV

וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים הָי֥וּ מְצֹרָעִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֔/הוּ מָ֗ה אֲנַ֛חְנוּ יֹשְׁבִ֥ים פֹּ֖ה עַד מָֽתְנוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מְצֹרָע֙
mtsr'
verb · 20×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 7:4 — If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians:
  • 2Kgs 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that w
  • Lev 13:45 — And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
  • Lev 13:46 — All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
  • Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  • Luke 17:12 — And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
  • Num 5:2 — Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
  • Num 12:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.