Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Naaman, head
of the host
of the king of Aram, was a great man before
his lord,
and accepted
of
face
, for by
him had Jehovah
given salvation
to Aram ,
and the
man
was mighty in
valour
--
leprous
.
Now
Naaman, the
commander
of the army
of the king of Aram, was a great man in
his master’s
sight
and highly
regarded
, for through
him the
LORD
had given victory
to Aram .
And he
was a
mighty man
of
valor,
but
he
was
a
leper
.
And
the Aramaeans
have
gone out `by'
troops,
and they
take
captive
out
of
the land of Israel a
little
damsel
, and she is
before
the
wife of
Naaman,
At
this
time
the Arameans
had
gone out in
bands
and had
taken
a
young
girl
from
the land of Israel, and she was
serving
Naaman’s
wife .
and
she saith
unto
her mistress, `O
that
my lord
`were'
before
the prophet who `
is '
in Samaria ;
then
he doth
recover
him from
his leprosy. '
She said
to
her mistress, “If
only
my master
would
go
to
the prophet who is in Samaria ,
he would
cure
him of
his leprosy. ”
And `one'
goeth
in
and declareth
to
his lord,
saying,
`Thus
and
thus
she
hath
spoken,
the damsel
who
`is'
from the land of Israel. '
And Naaman
went
and told
his master
what
the girl
from the land of Israel had
said
.
And
the king of Aram saith
, `Go
thou,
enter,
and I send a letter unto
the king of Israel ;'
and
he
goeth
and
taketh
in
his
hand
ten talents of silver, and
six thousand `pieces'
of gold, and ten changes
of garments
.
“Go
now,”
said
the king of Aram, “
and I will
send you
with
a letter to
the king of Israel .”
So
Naaman
departed,
taking
with
him
ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels
of gold, and ten sets
of clothing
.
And he
bringeth
in
the letter unto
the king of Israel ,
saying,
`And
now,
at
the
coming
in
of
this letter unto
thee,
lo,
I have
sent
unto
thee
Naaman
my servant, and
thou
hast
recovered
him from
his leprosy. '
And the letter that
he
took
to
the king of Israel stated:
“With
this letter I am
sending
my servant Naaman
, so
that
you
may
cure
him of
his leprosy. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the king of Israel's
reading
the letter, that
he rendeth
his garments,
and saith
, `
Am I God, to
put
to
death
and to
keep
alive
, that this `one'
is
sending
unto
me to recover
a man
from
his
leprosy
? for
surely know,
I
pray
you ,
and
see ,
for
he is presenting
himself
to
me .'
When
the king of Israel
read
the letter, he tore
his clothes
and asked
, “
Am I God, killing
and giving
life
, that this man
expects
me to cure
a leper
? Surely you can
see that
he is seeking
a
quarrel
with
me !”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
Elisha the man of God's
hearing
that the king of Israel hath
rent
his garments
, that
he sendeth
unto
the king ,
saying,
`
Why hast
thou
rent
thy
garments
? let him
come ,
I
pray
thee,
unto
me, and he doth
know that there is a prophet in Israel. '
Now
when
Elisha the man of God
heard
that the king of Israel had
torn
his clothes
, he sent
a
message
to
the king :
“
Why have
you
torn
your
clothes
? Please
let the
man
come to
me, and he will
know that there is a prophet in Israel. ”
And
Naaman cometh,
with his horses and with
his
chariot,
and standeth
at the opening
of the
house for
Elisha;
So
Naaman came
with his horses and chariots
and stood
at the door
of Elisha’s
house .
and
Elisha sendeth
unto
him a messenger, saying
, `
Go ,
and thou
hast
washed
seven times in Jordan, and thy
flesh doth
turn
back
to
thee
--
and be thou
clean.
Then
Elisha sent
him a messenger, who
said
, “
Go and wash
yourself
seven times in the
Jordan, and your
flesh will
be
restored,
and you
will
be clean. ”
And
Naaman is
wroth,
and
goeth
on,
and
saith
, `Lo
, I said,
Unto
me
he doth
certainly
come out, and
hath
stood
and called
in
the name of Jehovah
his God, and waved
his hand over the place,
and
recovered
the
leper
.
But
Naaman went
away
angry
, saying
, “
I thought
that
he would
surely
come out, stand
and call
on
the name of the
LORD
his God, and wave
his hand over the spot
to
cure
my
leprosy
.
Are not Abana
and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do
I not wash
in them and I
have
been clean
? '
and
he turneth
and goeth
on
in fury
.
Are not the
Abanah
and Pharpar, the
rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could
I not have
washed
in them and been cleansed
? ”
So
he turned
and went
away
in a
rage
.
And
his
servants come
nigh
, and
speak
unto
him
, and say
, `
My father, a
great
thing
had
the prophet spoken
unto
thee
--
dost
thou
not
do `
it '
? and
surely
, when he hath
said
unto
thee
, Wash ,
and be clean.'
Naaman’s
servants, however
, approached
him
and said
, “
My father, if
the prophet had
told
you
to
do some
great
thing,
would
you
not
have
done
it? How
much
more
, then,
when he tells
you
, ‘
Wash and be cleansed’?”
And
he
goeth
down and dippeth
in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth
turn
back
as
the
flesh
of a little youth
, and is
clean.
So
Naaman
went
down and dipped
himself
in the
Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was
restored
and
became
like
that
of a little child
, and he
was
clean.
And he
turneth
back unto
the man of God, he
and
all
his
camp,
and
cometh
in,
and
standeth
before him, and saith,
`Lo,
I
pray
thee
, I have
known
that there is not
a
God in all the earth except in Israel ;
and
now,
take,
I
pray
thee,
a blessing
from thy
servant. '
Then
Naaman
and all
his
attendants
went
back to
the man of God, stood
before him, and declared
, “Now
I know
for
sure
that there is no
God in all the earth except in Israel .
So
please
accept
a gift
from your
servant. ”
And
he
saith
, `Jehovah
liveth
, before whom I have
stood
--
if
I take
`
it ';'
and he
presseth
on
him to take
, and
he refuseth
.
But
Elisha
replied
, “As
surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, before whom I stand,
I will
not
accept
it .”
And although
Naaman
urged
him to accept
it
, he refused
.
And
Naaman
saith,
`
If not --
let
be
given
, I
pray
thee
, to
thy
servant, a couple
of mules '
burden
of
earth,
for thy
servant doth
make no
more
burnt -
offering and
sacrifice to other gods,
but to
Jehovah
.
“
If you
will
not, ”
said
Naaman
, “please
let
me,
your
servant, be
given
as
much
soil
as
a pair
of mules can
carry.
For your
servant will
never
again
make a
burnt offering or
a
sacrifice to any
other god
but the
LORD
.
For
this thing Jehovah
be
propitious
to
thy
servant,
in
the
coming
in
of
my lord
into the house
of Rimmon to bow
himself
there, and he was
supported
by
my hand
, and I bowed
myself
`in'
the
house
of
Rimmon;
for
my
bowing
myself
in the house
of Rimmon Jehovah
be
propitious
, I
pray
thee,
to
thy
servant in this thing
. '
Yet
may
the
LORD
forgive
your
servant
this one
thing :
When
my master
goes
into the temple
of Rimmon to worship
there, and he leans
on
my arm
, and I bow
down
in the temple
of Rimmon, may
the
LORD
forgive
your
servant in this matter
. ”
And
he
saith
to
him,
`
Go in peace. '
And
he
goeth
from
him
a kibrath
of
land
,
“
Go in peace ,”
said
Elisha
. But
after
Naaman
had
traveled
a short
distance
,
And
Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith
, `Lo
, my lord
hath
spared Naaman
this Aramaean
, not to
receive
from
his
hand
that
which
he brought ;
Jehovah
liveth;
surely if
I have
run after him ,
then
I
have
taken
from him something
. '
Gehazi, the
servant of Elisha the man of God, said
, “Look
, my master
has
spared this Aramean
, Naaman,
while
not accepting
what
he brought .
As
surely as
the
LORD
lives,
I will
run after him and
get
something
from him. ”
And
Gehazi pursueth
after
Naaman ,
and Naaman seeth
one
running after
him, and
alighteth
from off
the chariot to meet him ,
and saith
, `
Is there
peace
? '
So
Gehazi pursued
Naaman .
And when
Naaman saw
him
running toward
him, he
got
down
from the chariot to meet him and asked
, “
Is everything
all
right
? ”
And
he
saith
, `Peace;
my lord
hath
sent me ,
saying,
Lo,
now,
this
, come
unto
me
have two young men from the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
of
the
sons of the prophets ;
give,
I
pray
thee,
to them ,
a talent of silver ,
and two changes
of garments
. '
“Everything
is
all
right
, ”
Gehazi
replied.
“
My master
has
sent me to
say
, ‘I
have just
now
discovered
that
two young men from the sons of the prophets have
come
to me
from
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
Please
give
them a talent of silver and two sets
of clothing
. ’”
And
Naaman saith
, `Be
pleased
, take two talents ;'
and he urgeth
on
him,
and
bindeth
two talents of silver in two purses,
and
two changes
of garments,
and giveth
unto
two of his young
men
, and
they
bear
before
him;
But
Naaman insisted
, “Please
, take two talents .”
And he urged
Gehazi
to
accept
them.
Then
he
tied
up
two talents of silver in two bags
along
with
two sets
of clothing
and gave
them
to
two of his servants
, who
carried
them
ahead
of
Gehazi.
and
he
cometh
in
unto
the high
place,
and
taketh
out
of
their
hand
, and layeth
up
in the house ,
and
sendeth
away
the men, and they go
.
When
Gehazi
came
to
the hill
, he
took
the
gifts
from
the
servants
and stored
them
in the house .
Then
he
dismissed
the men, and they departed
.
And
he
hath
come
in ,
and doth
stand
by
his lord
, and
Elisha saith
unto
him, `Whence
--
Gehazi ?'
and
he
saith
, `Thy
servant went
not hither
or
thither
. '
When
Gehazi
went
in and stood
before
his master
, Elisha asked
him, “
Gehazi, where
have
you
been?”
“Your
servant did
not go
anywhere,”
he
replied
.
And
he
saith
unto
him, `My
heart
went
not when the man turned
from off
his chariot to meet thee;
is it
a
time to take
silver,
and
to
take
garments,
and
olives,
and
vines,
and flock
, and herd
, and men-servants
, and maid-servants
?
But
Elisha
questioned
him, “Did
not my
spirit
go
with
you
when the man got
down
from his chariot to meet you?
Is this
the
time to accept
money
and clothing
, olive
groves
and vineyards
, sheep
and oxen
, menservants
and maidservants
?
yea
, the leprosy of Naaman doth
cleave
to thee,
and to
thy
seed,
--
to
the
age;'
and he goeth
out
from
before
him
--
leprous as snow.
Therefore
, the leprosy of Naaman will
cling
to you
and your
descendants
forever!”
And as
Gehazi
left
his
presence,
he was
leprous —
as white
as
snow.
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