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Revised Standard Version
2 Kings 7:11
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The gatekeepers called out, and the news was reported to the king’s household.
The gatekeepers called out, and the news was reported to the king’s household.
Hebrew Names Version
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
King James Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
English Standard Version
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
New Century Version
Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.
Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.
New English Translation
The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.
The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.
Amplified Bible
Then the gatekeepers called out and it was reported to the king's household inside [the city].
Then the gatekeepers called out and it was reported to the king's household inside [the city].
New American Standard Bible
And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king's house.
And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.
And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
And the gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
Contemporary English Version
The guards reported the news to the king's palace.
The guards reported the news to the king's palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
The gatekeepers called and told it to the king's household inside.
The gatekeepers called and told it to the king's household inside.
Darby Translation
And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.
And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the gatekeepers of the city shouted out and told the people in the king's palace.
Then the gatekeepers of the city shouted out and told the people in the king's palace.
George Lamsa Translation
And the doorkeepers called out and told it to the kings household within.
And the doorkeepers called out and told it to the kings household within.
Good News Translation
The guards announced the news, and it was reported in the palace.
The guards announced the news, and it was reported in the palace.
Lexham English Bible
Then the gatekeepers called and told it inside the house of the king.
Then the gatekeepers called and told it inside the house of the king.
Literal Translation
And he called the gatekeepers, and they told the house of the king inside.
And he called the gatekeepers, and they told the house of the king inside.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then cried ye porters and tolde it within in ye kynges house.
Then cried ye porters and tolde it within in ye kynges house.
American Standard Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
Bible in Basic English
Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.
Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the man called vnto the porters, and they told the kinges house within.
And so the man called vnto the porters, and they told the kinges house within.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
King James Version (1611)
And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.
And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
English Revised Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.
Berean Standard Bible
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king's household.
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king's household.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the porteris yeden, and telden in the paleis of the kyng with ynne.
Therfor the porteris yeden, and telden in the paleis of the kyng with ynne.
Young's Literal Translation
and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.
and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.
Update Bible Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household inside.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household inside.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.
And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.
World English Bible
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
New King James Version
And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king's household inside.
And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king's household inside.
New Living Translation
Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
New Life Bible
So the men at the gate called out, and the news was heard in the king's house.
So the men at the gate called out, and the news was heard in the king's house.
New Revised Standard
Then the gatekeepers called out and proclaimed it to the king's household.
Then the gatekeepers called out and proclaimed it to the king's household.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the watchers of the gate called and told it to the household of the king, within.
And the watchers of the gate called and told it to the household of the king, within.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king’s palace.
Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king’s palace.
THE MESSAGE
The gatekeepers got the word to the royal palace, giving them the whole story. Roused in the middle of the night, the king told his servants, "Let me tell you what Aram has done. They knew that we were starving, so they left camp and have hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and take the city.'"
The gatekeepers got the word to the royal palace, giving them the whole story. Roused in the middle of the night, the king told his servants, "Let me tell you what Aram has done. They knew that we were starving, so they left camp and have hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and take the city.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
Contextual Overview
3 Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here till we die? 4 If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians; if they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die." 5 So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; but when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there. 6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots, and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come upon us." 7 So they fled away in the twilight and forsook their tents, their horses, and their asses, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives. 8 And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent, and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back, and entered another tent, and carried off things from it, and went and hid them. 9 Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news; if we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household." 10 So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, "We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were." 11 Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 2 Kings 7:10 - the porter
Cross-References
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall die.
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall die.
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:23
He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
2 Kings 7:2
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."
2 Kings 7:19
the captain had answered the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he had said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."
the captain had answered the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he had said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he called the porters,.... The porter of the city called to the porters of the king's palace:
and they told it to the king's house within; to some of his domestic servants within the palace, and they reported it to the king.
