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2 Kings 2:16

“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.

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ASV

And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

KJV

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אֵלָ֡יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-here!H2009 →
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994 →
יֵֽשׁ־yesh-thereH3426 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
עֲבָדֶיךָ֩'a.va.dei.Khaservants yourH5650 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֨יםcha.mi.Shim[are] fiftyH2572 →
אֲנָשִׁ֜ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
בְּנֵֽי־be.nei-sons ofH1121 →
חַ֗יִלCha.yilabilityH2428 →
יֵ֣לְכוּYe.le.khulet them goH1980 →
נָא֮na'pleaseH4994 →
וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּvi.vak.Shuso they may search forH1245 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲדֹנֶיךָ֒'a.do.nei.Khamaster<s> yourH113 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
נְשָׂאוֹ֙ne.sa.'Oit has carried off himH5375 →
ר֣וּחַRu.ach[the] spirit ofH7307 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yash.li.Khe.huand it has cast himH7993 →
בְּאַחַ֣דbe.'a.Chadon one ofH259 →
הֶהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
א֖וֹ'oorH176 →
בְּאַחַ֣תbe.'a.Chatin one ofH259 →
הַגֵּאָי֑וֹתha.ge.ya.'otthe valleysH1516 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תִשְׁלָֽחוּ׃tish.La.chuyou must sendH7971 →

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1 Kings 18:12I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.1 Thessalonians 4:17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.Acts 8:39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.2 Corinthians 12:2–3I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.Ezekiel 11:24And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’Ezekiel 11:1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,Ezekiel 43:5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Revelation 17:3And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

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