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Elisha Performs Miracles

19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.”
20 And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the source of the water, and acast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I have1 healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ”  
22 So the water remains ahealed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.  
23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
24 So he turned around and looked at them, and apronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.  
25 Then he went from there to aMount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. 
Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 2:21

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American Standard Version
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

Amplified® Bible
Then Elisha went to the spring of the waters and cast the salt in it and said, Thus says the Lord: I [not the salt] have healed these waters; there shall not be any more death, miscarriage {or} barrenness [and bereavement] because of it.

Contemporary English Version
and he carried it to the spring. He threw the salt into the water and said, "The LORD has made this water pure again. From now on you'll be able to grow crops, and no one will starve."

Darby English Version
And he went forth to the source of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: I have healed these waters: there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness.

Good News Bible
and he went to the spring, threw the salt in the water, and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'I make this water pure, and it will not cause any more deaths or miscarriages.' "

King James Version
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

New American Standard Bible
He went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, "Thus says the LORD, `I have purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.'"

New International Version
Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' "

New King James Version
Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I have purified these waters; there shall not emanate from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.'"

Revised Standard Version
Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it, and said, "Thus says the LORD, I have made this water wholesome; henceforth neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it."

Young's Literal Translation
and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.'

New English Translation
He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified1 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.”2


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