2 Kings 2:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.

New Living Translation
Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.

English Standard Version
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.

Berean Study Bible
Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.

New American Standard Bible
Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

NASB 1995
Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

NASB 1977
Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Amplified Bible
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood opposite them [to watch] at a distance; and the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Christian Standard Bible
Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood observing them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood facing them from a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
Fifty prophets followed Elijah and Elisha from Jericho, then stood at a distance and watched as the two men walked toward the river.

Good News Translation
and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Fifty disciples of the prophets stood at a distance as Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan River.

International Standard Version
accompanied by 50 men from the Guild of Prophets, who stood at a short distance from them while they were both standing by the Jordan.

NET Bible
The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

New King James Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

King James 2000 Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view from afar off: and they both stood by the Jordan.

New Heart English Bible
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

World English Bible
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

American King James Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

American Standard Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.

A Faithful Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went on and stood afar off across from them. And both of them stood by the Jordan.

Darby Bible Translation
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

English Revised Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophets went and stoode on the other side a farre off, and they two stoode by Iorden.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And fiftie men of the sonnes of the prophetes came & stoode on the other syde a farre of: and they two stoode by Iordane.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But fyftye men of ye prophetes children wete forth, and stode ouer agaynst the a farre of: but they both stode by Iordane.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand opposite [them] far off—and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
-- and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

Smith's Literal Translation
And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went, and they will stand from opposite from afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went, and they stood across at a distance, and the two stood on the edge of Jordan.

Lamsa Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood to watch from afar; and they two stood by the Jordan.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went also, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on the bank of Jordan.
















2 Kings 2:6
Top of Page
Top of Page