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2 Kings 8:2
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KJ21
And the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God; and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
ASV
And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
AMP
So the woman set out and did everything in accordance with the word of the man of God. She and her household went and stayed temporarily as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
AMPC
So the woman arose and did as the man of God had said. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
BRG
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
CSB
So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident aliens in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
CSBA
So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
CEB
So the woman went and did what the man of God asked. She and her household moved away, living in Philistia seven years.
CJB
The woman acted at once and did as the man of God had said — she went with her household and stayed in the land of the P’lishtim for seven years.
CEV
The woman did exactly what Elisha had said and went to live in Philistine territory. She and her family lived there seven years.
DARBY
And the woman rose up, and did according to the saying of the man of God, and went, she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
DRA
And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
ERV
So the woman did what the man of God said. She went with her family to stay in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
EASY
The woman had done what the man of God had told her to do. She and her family went to live in the country of the Philistines for seven years.
EHV
So the woman got up and did just as the man of God said. She and her household went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
ESV
So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
ESVUK
So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
EXB
So the woman got up and did as the man of God had said. She left with her ·family [L household], and they ·stayed [settled; lived; T sojourned] in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
GNV
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God, and went both she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
GW
The woman did what the man of God told her. She and her family went to live in Philistine territory for seven years.
GNT
She had followed his instructions and had gone with her family to live in Philistia for the seven years.
HCSB
So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
ICB
So the woman got up and did as the man of God said. She left with her family. And they stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
ISV
So the woman followed the instructions given to her by the man of God, and she went to the territory of the Philistines to live for seven years with her household.
JUB
Then the woman arose and did as the man of God told her; and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
KJV
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
AKJV
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
LSB
So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
LEB
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God. She and her household went and dwelt as an alien in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
TLB
So the woman took her family and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
MSG
Years before, Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought to life, “Leave here and go, you and your family, and live someplace else. God has ordered a famine in the land; it will last for seven years.” The woman did what the Holy Man told her and left. She and her family lived as aliens in the country of Philistia for seven years. Then, when the seven years were up, the woman and her family came back. She went directly to the king and asked for her home and farm.
MEV
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NOG
The woman did what the man of Elohim told her. She and her family went to live in Philistine territory for seven years.
NABRE
The woman got ready and did as the man of God said, setting out with her household, and living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NASB
So the woman arose and acted in accordance with the word of the man of God: she went with her household and resided in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NASB1995
So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
NCB
The woman rose up and did what the man of God had told her to do. She and her household went and dwelt in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NCV
So the woman got up and did as the man of God had said. She left with her family, and they stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NET
So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NIRV
The woman did just as the man of God told her to. She and her family went away. They stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NIV
The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
NIVUK
The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NKJV
So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.
NLV
So the woman got ready as the man of God had told her. She went with those of her house and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
NLT
So the woman did as the man of God instructed. She took her family and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NRSVA
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NRSVACE
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
NRSVCE
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines seven years.
NRSVUE
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines seven years.
OJB
And the isha arose, and did according to the davar Ish HaElohim; she went away and her bais, sojourned in the Eretz Pelishtim sheva shanim.
RGT
And the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God and went, both she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
RSV
So the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
RSVCE
So the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
TLV
So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She and her household went and stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
VOICE
The woman did exactly as the man of God instructed her to do. She got up, gathered her family and servants together, and then settled in Philistine territory for seven years.
WEB
The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
WYC
And she rose (up), and did after the word of the man of God; and she went with her house, and was in pilgrimage in the land of Philistines many days (and she went away with her family, and was in pilgrimage in the land of the Philistines for seven years).
YLT
And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.
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