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2 Kings 6:33
33While Elisha was still talking to the city's leaders, the king's man arrived with this message: ‘The Lord has caused this terrible trouble to happen to us. I cannot wait any longer for the Lord to help us.’
2 Kings 6:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
- New International Version (NIV)While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, "This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And while he was still talking with them, there was the messenger, coming down to him; and then the king said, “Surely this calamity is from the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
Context of 2 Kings 6:33
31He said, ‘I will certainly cut off Elisha's head today! May God punish me with death if Elisha still has his head by the end of the day!’ 32Elisha was sitting in his house. The leaders of the city were with him. The king sent a man to Elisha with a message. But before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, ‘I tell you this. That murderer, the king, has sent someone to cut off my head. When the king's man arrives, shut the door. Stop him from coming in here. We will soon hear the sound of his master as he arrives too.’ While Elisha was still talking to the city's leaders, the king's man arrived with this message: ‘The Lord has caused this terrible trouble to happen to us. I cannot wait any longer for the Lord to help us.’
Read all of 2 Kings 62 Kings 6:33 word by word
עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ יֹרֵ֣ד אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּֽה־זֹ֤את הָֽרָעָה֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מָֽה־אוֹחִ֥יל לַיהוָ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And while he yet talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- with them, behold, the messengerמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
- came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- unto him: and he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Behold, this evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- what should I waitיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:33
- Genesis 4:13Cain said to the Lord, ‘That punishment is too much! It will give me too much pain.
- Exodus 16:6So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, ‘In the evening, you will know who brought you out of Egypt. It was the Lord!
- 1 Samuel 28:6Saul asked the Lord what he should do. But the Lord did not answer him in any way. He did not give Saul a dream. He did not use the Urim. He did not give a message to the prophets.
- 1 Samuel 31:4He said to the young man who carried his armour, ‘Kill me now with your sword. I do not want these foreign men to be cruel to me as they kill me.’ But the young man would not agree to kill Saul because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and he threw himself onto it so that he died.
- Job 1:11You should take away from him all the things that he has. Then he will certainly curse you very strongly.’
- Job 2:5So now cause Job to have great pain in his own body. Then he will certainly curse you very strongly.’
- Proverbs 19:3Some people do silly things and so they destroy themselves. Then they get angry with the Lord.
- Isaiah 8:21Then the people will travel through the land, and they will be sad and hungry. Because of their hunger they will become angry. They will curse their king and their God, as they look up to the sky.
- Jeremiah 2:25Stop running after them! Your feet will hurt and you will become very thirsty. You say, “Do not try to stop us! We cannot turn back. We love foreign gods and we must serve them!”
- Ezekiel 33:10Son of man, give Israel's people this message: “You are saying, ‘The punishment for our sins is too much for us. We are dying because of all the bad things that we have done. What should we do so that we can continue to live?’ ”
- Matthew 27:4He said to them, ‘I have done the wrong thing. I helped you to take hold of a man who has done nothing wrong.’ They said to Judas, ‘That is not important to us. That is your problem.’
- 2 Corinthians 2:7Now, you should forgive him. You should comfort him. If you do not do that, he may become too sad. He may not be able to think properly.
- Revelation 16:9The strong heat burned people and it hurt them very much. As a result, they said bad things against God's name, because he had the power to cause these terrible troubles. But they refused to change how they lived. They refused to agree that God is great.
- Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord to help you! Be strong and brave. Yes, wait for the Lord to help you!
- Psalms 37:7Be patient as you wait for the Lord to help you. Trust him to bring help. Do not become upset when bad people seem to do well, when their wicked ideas really happen.
- Psalms 62:5I must be patient as I wait for God to help me. He is the only one that I can trust for help.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Behold, this evil is of the Lord - It is difficult to know whether it be the prophet, the messenger, or the king, that says these words. It might be the answer of the prophet from within to the messenger who was without, and who sought for admission, and gave his reason; to whom Elisha might have replied: "I am not the cause of these calamities; they are from the Lord; I have been praying for their removal; but why should I pray to the Lord any longer…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The messenger - It has been proposed to change “messenger” into “king,” the two words being in Hebrew nearly alike, and the speech with which the chapter ends being considered only suitable in the mouth of the king, whose presence is indicated in 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17. Others think that the words “and the king after him” have fallen out of the text. Came down - The messenger came down from off the wall to the level of the streets. Behold this evil …Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the woman may be the language of despair. See the word of God fulfilled; among the threatenings of God's judgments upon Israel for their sins, this was one, that they should eat the flesh of their own children, De 28:53-57. The truth and the awful justice…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33the king said: This might mean the messenger was delivering the king's exact words. Since the siege's suffering seemed to come from the Lord, Joram thought praying for rescue was pointless.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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