2 Kings 8:11

The NET Bible®

Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he stared steadily at him until he was ashamed.

Hebrew Names Version
He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

King James Version
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

English Standard Version
And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.

New Century Version
Hazael stared at Elisha until he felt ashamed. Then Elisha cried.

Amplified Bible
Elisha stared steadily at Hazael until he was embarrassed, and then the man of God wept.

New American Standard Bible
And he stared steadily at him until Hazael was embarrassed, and then the man of God wept.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee looked vpon him stedfastly, till Hazael was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

Contemporary English Version
Elisha stared at him until Hazael was embarrassed, then Elisha began crying.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the man of God fixed his gaze on him for so long that Haza'el became embarrassed; finally Elisha began to cry.

Darby Translation
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha began to stare. He stared for an embarrassingly long time. Then the man of God began to cry.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the prophet of God wept.

Good News Translation
Then Elisha stared at him with a horrified look on his face until Hazael became ill at ease. Suddenly Elisha burst into tears.

Lexham English Bible
Then the man fixed his gaze and stared at him until he was ashamed and the man of God cried.

Literal Translation
And he fixed his face; yea, he settled it until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the man of God loked earnestly, & made a troublous countenaunce, & wepte.

American Standard Version
And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Bible in Basic English
And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He loked vpon him stedfastlie, vntill he was ashamed: & the man of God wept.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

King James Version (1611)
And hee setled his countenance stedfastly, vntill he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

English Revised Version
And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Berean Standard Bible
Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he stood with hym, and he was disturblid, `til to the castyng doun of cheer; and the man of God wepte.

Young's Literal Translation
And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth [it] till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth.

Update Bible Version
And he settled his countenance steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

World English Bible
He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

New King James Version
Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

New Living Translation
Elisha stared at Hazael with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy. Then the man of God started weeping.

New Life Bible
Then Elisha looked at Hazael until he was ashamed. And the man of God cried.

New Revised Standard
He fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he settled his countenance, and fixed it until he turned pale, - and the man of God, wept.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God wept.

Revised Standard Version
And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here." ⁸ So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord . Ask him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?'" ⁹ So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, "Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?'" ¹⁰ Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,' but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die." ¹¹ Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying. ¹² Hazael asked, "Why are you crying, my master?" He replied, "Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women." ¹³ Hazael said, "How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?" Elisha answered, "The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria." ¹⁴ He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" Hazael replied, "He told me you would surely recover." ¹⁵ The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad's face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stedfastly: Heb. and set it

wept: Genesis 45:2, Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 14:17, Luke 19:41, John 11:35, Acts 20:19, Acts 20:31, Romans 9:2, Philippians 3:18

Reciprocal: Joshua 14:6 - the man

Cross-References

Genesis 8:12
He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.

Genesis 8:14
And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

Nehemiah 8:15
and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written."

Romans 10:15
And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, " How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news ."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he settled his countenance steadfastly,.... Refrained himself as much as possible, that he might not weep, as some Jewish writers interpret it; or, as others, he turned his face on one side, and covered it with his hands, that Hazael might not see him weep; or rather he set his face on Hazael, and looked at him so wistly:

until he was ashamed; that is, Hazael; the prophet looked him out of countenance:

and the man of God wept; at the thought of what calamities the man before him, he looked on, would be the cause of in Israel, as the following words show.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That 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.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 8:11. He 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 endeavoured 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, makes the text very plain: Και ἑστη Αζαηλ κατα πρωσοπον αυτου, και παρεθηκεν ενωπιον αυτου δωρα, ἑως ῃσχυνετο· και εκλαυσεν ὁ ανθρωπος του Θεου, And Hazael stood before his face, and he presented before him gifts till he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

The Codex Vaticanus, and the Codex Alexandrinus, are nearly as the Hebrew. The Aldine edition agrees in some respects with the Complutensian; but all the versions follow the Hebrew.