2 Kings 8:1

2 Kings 8:1 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

1Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go 8:1 Lit you and yourwith your household, and live wherever you can live; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will indeed come on the land for seven years.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

1Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years.”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

1Now Elisha had said to the [Shunammite] woman whose son he had restored to life, “Prepare and go, you and your household, and 8:1 Lit sojourn.stay temporarily wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and moreover, it will come on the land [and continue] for seven years.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

1Elisha had brought a woman’s son back to life. He had said to her, “Go away with your family. Stay for a while anywhere you can. The Lord has decided that there won’t be enough food in the land. That will be true for seven years.”

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