2 Kings 6:18 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:18

As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

KJV

And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Smite this people - with blindness - Confound their sight so that they may not know what they see, and so mistake one place for another.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

9 For this twofold judgment Christ came into this world, that those who see not might see, and that those who see might be made blind ( John ix. 39 ), a savour of life to some, of death to others.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּרְדוּ֮	vai.ye.re.Du	and they came down	H3381 →
אֵלָיו֒	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל	vai.yit.pa.Lel	and he prayed	H6419 →
אֱלִישָׁ֤ע	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
הַךְ־	hakh-	strike	H5221 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַגּוֹי־	ha.goy-	the nation	H1471 →
הַזֶּ֖ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֑ים	ba.san.ve.Rim	with <the> sudden blindness	H5575 →
וַיַּכֵּ֥ם	vai.ya.Kem	and he struck them	H5221 →
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֖ים	ba.san.ve.Rim	with <the> sudden blindness	H5575 →
כִּדְבַ֥ר	kid.Var	according to [the] word of	H1697 →
אֱלִישָֽׁע׃	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
leads to
- Isaiah 6:10
  Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- Matthew 13:13–15
  This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
- Luke 8:10
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing,…
- Mark 4:12
  so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
- Isaiah 57:18–19
  I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
Through
John 9:39
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
leads to
- John 3:19
  And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 12:46
  I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…