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2 Kings 7:4

If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

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ASV

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

KJV

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
אָמַרְנוּ֩'a.mar.Nuwe saidH559 →
נָב֨וֹאna.Vo'we will enterH935 →
הָעִ֜ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וְהָרָעָ֤בve.ha.ra.'Avand the famineH7458 →
בָּעִיר֙ba.'Ir[is] in the cityH5892 →
וָמַ֣תְנוּva.Mat.nuand we will dieH4191 →
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
יָשַׁ֥בְנוּya.Shav.nuwe satH3427 →
פֹ֖הfohhereH6311 →
וָמָ֑תְנוּva.Ma.te.nuand we will dieH4191 →
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
לְכוּ֙le.KhucomeH1980 →
וְנִפְּלָה֙ve.ni.pe.Lahso let us fallH5307 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264 →
אֲרָ֔ם'a.RamAramH758 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יְחַיֻּ֣נוּye.chai.Yu.nuthey will let live usH2421 →
נִֽחְיֶ֔הnich.Yehwe will liveH2421 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
יְמִיתֻ֖נוּye.mi.Tu.nuthey will put to death usH4191 →
וָמָֽתְנוּ׃va.Ma.te.nuand we will dieH4191 →

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Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”Luke 15:17–19Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.2 Kings 7:3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?Jeremiah 37:13–14But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,1 Chronicles 21:13David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”1 Kings 20:31Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.2 Kings 7:13But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”Genesis 43:8And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.1 Chronicles 12:19Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)

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