2 Kings 7:3

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2 Kings 7:3-4 The Message (MSG)

It happened that four lepers were sitting just outside the city gate. They said to one another, “What are we doing sitting here at death’s door? If we enter the famine-struck city we’ll die; if we stay here we’ll die. So let’s take our chances in the camp of Aram and throw ourselves on their mercy. If they receive us we’ll live, if they kill us we’ll die. We’ve got nothing to lose.”

2 Kings 7:3 King James Version (KJV)

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 New Century Version (NCV)

There were four men with a skin disease at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other, “Why do we sit here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 American Standard Version (ASV)

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 New International Version (NIV)

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the [city’s] gate; and they said to one another, “Why should we sit here until we die?

2 Kings 7:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates. “Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.

2 Kings 7:3 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?