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2 Kings 8:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 8 E·liʹsha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life:*+ “Rise up and go, you with your household, and live as a foreigner wherever you can, for Jehovah has declared a famine,+ and it will come on the land for seven years.”

2 Kings 8:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 And E·liʹsha himself had spoken to the woman whose son he had revived,+ saying: “Rise up and go, you with your household, and reside as an alien wherever you can reside as an alien;+ for Jehovah has called for a famine,+ and, besides, it must come* upon the land for seven years.”+

2 Kings 8:1

The Bible in Living English
- 8 And Elishaʽ had told the woman whose son he had brought to life “Off with you, you and your family, and live abroad wherever you may, because Jehovah announces a famine”; and it did come upon the country for seven years.

2 Kings 8:1

American Standard Version
- 8 Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 Kings 8:1

The Emphasized Bible
- 8 Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying—Arise, and take thy journey, thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn,—for Yahweh hath called for a famine, moreover also it is coming upon the land seven years.

2 Kings 8:1

King James Version
- 8 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.