He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
- BSB “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
- NKJV And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
- NASB And he said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
- NLT Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl with salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
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- Judg 9:45Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people in it. He beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Zeph 2:9Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
- Ezek 47:11But the miry places of it, and its marshes, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
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