English Standard Version
2 Kings 8:11
11And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.
2 Kings 8:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
- New International Version (NIV)He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed. Then the man of God began to weep.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Elisha stared at Hazael with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy. Then the man of God started weeping.
Context of 2 Kings 8:11
9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'" 10And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover,' but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die." And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. 12And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women." 13And Hazael said, "What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria."
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וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וַיָּ֣שֶׂם עַד־בֹּ֑שׁ וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:11
- Genesis 45:2And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.
- Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
- Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 14:17"You shall say to them this word: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.
- Luke 19:41And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Acts 20:19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
- Romans 9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- Philippians 3:18For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He settled his countenance steadfastly - Of whom does the author speak? Of Hazael, or of Elisha? Several apply this action to the prophet: he had a murderer before him and he saw the bloody acts he was about to commit, and was greatly distressed; but he endeavored to conceal his feelings: at last his face reddened with anguish, his feelings overcame him, and he burst out and wept. The Septuagint, as it stands in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11That is, “And he (Elisha) settled his conntenance, and set it (toward Hazael), until he (Hazael) was ashamed.” Elisha fixed on Hazael a long and meaning look, until the latter‘s eyes fell before his, and his cheek flushed. Elisha, it would seem, had detected the guilty thought that was in Hazael‘s heart, and Hazael perceived that he had detected it. Hence the “shame.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It was not in Hazael's countenance that Elisha read what he would do, but God revealed it to him, and it fetched tears from his eyes: the more foresight men have, the more grief they are liable to. It is possible for a man, under the convictions and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Elisha began to cry because he saw the terrible acts Hazael would do to God's people when he became king (2 Kings 8:28; 9:14–15; 10:32–33; 12:17–18; 13:3, 22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. he settled his countenance stedfastly until he was ashamed--that is, Hazael. The steadfast, penetrating look of the prophet seemed to have convinced Hazael that his secret designs were known. The deep emotions of Elisha were justified by the horrible atrocities which, too common in ancient warfare, that successful usurper committed in Israel (2Ki 10:32; 13:3, 4, 22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 8
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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