2 Kings 2:4 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Asang Khongca Bible

Elijah mah anih khaeah, Angraeng mah Jeriko vangpui ah ang patoeh pongah, nang loe hae ah om ah, tiah a naa. To naah anih mah, Angraeng loe hing moe, nang doeh na hing pongah, nang hae kang caehtaak mak ai, tiah a naa. To pongah nihnik loe Jeriko vangpui ah nawnto caeh hoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te phoeiah Elijah loh anih te, “Elisha, heah om laeh, BOEIPA loh kai Jerikho la n'tueih,” a ti nah. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah hingnah neh na hinglu kah hingnah bangla nang kan toeng mahpawh,” a ti nah dongah Jerikho la cet rhoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te phoeiah Elijah loh anih te, “Elisha, heah om laeh, BOEIPA loh kai Jerikho la n'tueih,” a ti nah. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah hingnah neh na hinglu kah hingnah bangla nang kan toeng mahpawh,” a ti nah dongah Jerikho la cet rhoi.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la o Elia ia ia, E Elisai e, ke nonoi aku nei au ia oe, e noho oe maanei; no ka mea, ua hoouna mai o Iehova ia'u i Ieriko. I mai la kela, Ma ke ola o Iehova a ma ke ola o kou uhane, aole au o haalele ia oe. A hele pu laua i Ieriko.

English Berean Standard Bible

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Apre sa, Eli di Elize: —Koulye a ou mèt rete isit la tande, paske Seyè a te ban m' lòd pou m' al Jeriko. Men, Elize reponn li: —Mwen pran ou menm ansanm ak Seyè ki vivan an pou temwen, mwen p'ap kite ou ale pou kont ou. Se konsa yo pati ansanm pou lavil Jeriko.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixit autem Elias ad Eliseum: Sede hic, quia Dominus misit me in Jericho. Et ille ait: Vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia non derelinquam te. Cumque venissent Jericho,

Bible in Basic English

Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Élie lui dit : Élisée, je te prie, reste ici ; car l’ Éternel m’envoie à Jéricho. Et il dit : L’ Éternel est vivant, et ton âme est vivante, que je ne te laisserai point. Et ils s’en vinrent à Jéricho.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Opět řekl jemu Eliáš: Elizee, medle poseď tuto, nebo Hospodin poslal mne do Jericha. Kterýž odpověděl: Živť jest Hospodin, a živať jest duše tvá, žeť se tebe nespustím. I přišli do Jericha.

Kosraean Bible

Na Elijah el fahk nu sel Elisha, “Muta inse inge. LEUM GOD El sap ngan som nu Jericho.” A Elisha el topuk, “Nga fulahk ke inse pwaye luk nu sin LEUM GOD moul, ac nu sum, lah nga ac fah tiana som liki kom.” Ouinge eltal tukeni som nu Jericho.

World Portuguese Bible

Elias lhe disse: “Eliseu, por favor, fique aqui, pois o SENHOR me enviou a Jericó.” Ele disse: “Tão certo como vive o SENHOR e como vive a sua alma, eu não o deixarei.” Então eles foram a Jericó.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și Ilie i-a spus: Elisei, rămâi aici, te rog, pentru că DOMNUL m-a trimis la Ierihon. Iar el a zis: Precum DOMNUL trăiește și precum sufletul tău trăiește, nu te voi părăsi. Astfel ei au venit la Ierihon.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray thee; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And they came to Jericho.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနောက်ဧလိယသည်ဧလိရှဲအား``ဤအရပ် တွင်နေရစ်ပါလော့။ ထာဝရဘုရားသည်ငါ့အား ယေရိခေါမြို့သို့စေလွှတ်တော်မူသည်'' ဟုဆို၏။ သို့ရာတွင်ဧလိရှဲက``အကျွန်ုပ်သည်အရှင်နှင့် ခွဲခွာလိမ့်မည်မဟုတ်ကြောင်း အသက်ရှင်တော် မူသောထာဝရဘုရားနှင့်အရှင့်အပေါ်၌ အကျွန်ုပ်ထားရှိသည့်ကျေးဇူးသစ္စာကိုတိုင် တည်၍ကျိန်ဆိုပါ၏'' ဟုပြန်ပြောလေ၏။ သို့ ဖြစ်၍သူတို့သည်ယေရိခေါမြို့သို့သွား ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

And Elijah said to him, Elisha, abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! And they came to Jericho.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Elia sprach zu ihm: Elisa, bleibe doch hier; denn Jehova hat mich nach Jericho gesandt. Aber er sprach: So wahr Jehova lebt und deine Seele lebt, wenn ich dich verlasse! Und sie kamen nach Jericho.

Dutch Bible 1917

En Elia zeide tot hem: Elisa, blijf toch hier, want de HEERE heeft mij naar Jericho gezonden. Maar hij zeide: Zo waarachtig als de HEERE leeft en uw ziel leeft, ik zal u niet verlaten! Alzo kwamen zij te Jericho.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Nu sprak Elias tot hem: Eliseus, blijf hier; want Jahweh heeft mij naar Jericho gezonden. Maar hij antwoordde: Zo waar Jahweh leeft, en bij uw leven; ik verlaat u niet. Toen zij te Jericho aankwamen,

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed Elia gli disse: Eliseo, deh! rimani qui; perciocchè il Signore mi manda in Gerico. Ma egli disse: Come il Signore vive, e come l'anima tua vive, io non ti lascerò. Così se ne vennero in Gerico.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay here because the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come to Jericho,

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe Eliiah saide vnto him, Elisha, tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lord hath sent me to Iericho: But he said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came to Iericho.

Danish Bible 1931

Derpå sagde Elias til ham: “Bliv her, Elisa, thi HERREN vil have mig til Jeriko!” Men han svarede: “Så sandt HERREN lever, og så sandt du lever, jeg går ikke fra dig!” De kom da til Jeriko.

Leeser Tanakh

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha', remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they came to Jericho. —

King James Version

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ê-li nói với Ê-li-sê rằng: Ta xin ngươi hãy ở đây, vì Đức Giê-hô-va sai ta đi đến Giê-ri-cô. Ê-li-sê lại thưa rằng: Tôi chỉ Đức Giê-hô-va hằng sống và chỉ mạng sống thầy mà thề rằng, tôi chẳng hề lìa khỏi thầy. Như vậy, hai người đi đến Giê-ri-cô.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIlaisiā kiate ia, “ʻIlaisa, ʻOku ou kole ke ke tatali ʻi heni; he kuo fekauʻi au ʻe Sihova ki Seliko.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku moʻui ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, pea ʻe ʻikai te u mahuʻi meiate koe.” Ko ia naʻa na hoko ai ki Seliko.

French Ostervald Bible

Élie lui dit: Élisée, je te prie, demeure ici; car l'Éternel m'envoie à Jérico. Mais il répondit: L'Éternel est vivant et ton âme est vivante! je ne te quitterai point. Ainsi ils vinrent à Jérico.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Elija diris al li: Eliŝa, restu do ĉi tie, ĉar la Eternulo sendas min al Jeriĥo. Sed li diris: Mi ĵuras per la Eternulo kaj per via animo, ke mi ne forlasos vin. Kaj ili venis en Jeriĥon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Élie lui dit: Élisée, reste ici, je te prie, car l’Éternel m’envoie à Jéricho. Il répondit: L’Éternel est vivant et ton âme est vivante! Je ne te quitterai point. Et ils arrivèrent à Jéricho.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und Elia sprach zu ihm: Elisa, bleib doch hier; denn der HERR hat mich gen Jericho gesandt. Er aber sprach: So wahr der HERR lebt und deine Seele, ich verlasse dich nicht. Und da sie gen Jericho kamen,

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.

Majority Standard BIble

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

Webster Bible

And Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Revised Version

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ed Elia gli disse: “Eliseo, fermati qui, ti prego, poiché l’Eterno mi manda a Gerico”. Quegli rispose: “Com’è vero che l’Eterno vive, e che vive l’anima tua, io non ti lascerò”. Così se ne vennero a Gerico.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Élie lui dit : « Élisée, reste ici, je te prie, car le SEIGNEUR m'envoie à Jéricho. » Il répondit : « Par la vie du SEIGNEUR et par ta propre vie, je ne te quitterai pas. » Ils arrivèrent donc à Jéricho.

Reina Valera 1909

Y Elías le volvió á decir: Eliseo, quédate aquí ahora, porque Jehová me ha enviado á Jericó. Y él dijo: Vive Jehová, y vive tu alma, que no te dejaré. Vinieron pues á Jericó.

Spanish BLL

Elías le volvió a decir: “Eliseo, por favor, quédate aquí, porque Yahvé me ha enviado a Jericó”. Pero él insistió: “Tan cierto como que Yahvé vive y que tú vives, no te dejaré solo”. Así que llegaron a Jericó.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Elías le dijo: «Eliseo, por favor, espera aquí, porque Yahvé me ha enviado a Jericó». Dijo: «Vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, que no te dejaré». Así pues, llegaron a Jericó.

Croatian Bible

Ilija mu reče: “Elizeju! Ostani ipak ovdje jer me Jahve šalje do Jerihona.” Ali on odgovori: “Života mi Jahvina i tvoga: ja te neću ostaviti!” I uđoše u Jerihon.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Opet mu reče Ilija: Jelisije, ostani ti tu, jer me Gospod šalje u Jerihon. A on reče: Tako živ bio Gospod i tako živa bila duša tvoja, neću te ostaviti. Tako dođoše u Jerihon.

German Textbibel

Da sprach Elia zu ihm: Elisa, bleibe doch hier, denn Jahwe hat mich nach Jericho gesandt! Er aber antwortete: So wahr Jahwe lebt, und so wahr du lebst, ich verlasse dich nicht! So kamen sie nach Jericho.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray thee; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And they came to Jericho.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע ׀ שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְרִיח֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃