2 Kings 8:10
Good News Translation
Elisha answered, "The LORD has revealed to me that he will die; but go to him and tell him that he will recover."

New Revised Standard Version
Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover’; but the LORD has shown me that he shall certainly die.”

Contemporary English Version
"Tell him he will," Elisha said to Hazael. "But the LORD has already told me that Benhadad will definitely die."

New American Bible
Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has showed me that he will surely die.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: but the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: but the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

Thou mayest

1 Kings 22:15 So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hands.

the Lord

2 Kings 8:13 And Hazael said: But what am I, thy servant, a dog, that I should do this great thing? And Eliseus said: The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king of Syria.

Genesis 41:39 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?

Jeremiah 38:21 But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

Ezekiel 11:25 And I spoke to them of the captivity all the words of the Lord, which he had shewn me.

Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Amos 7:1,4,7 But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. . . .

Amos 8:1 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.

Zechariah 1:20 And the Lord shewed me four smiths.

Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

he shall surely die

2 Kings 8:15 And on the next day, he took a blanket, and poured water on it, and spread it upon his face: and he died, and Hazael reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 1:4,16 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away. . . .

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Ezekiel 18:13 That giveth upon usury, and that taketh an increase: shall such a one live? he shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.

Context
Hazael Murders Ben-hadad
9And Hazael went to meet him, taking with him presents, and all the good things of Damascus, the burdens of forty camels. And when he stood before him, he said: Thy son, Benadad, the king of Syria, hath sent me to thee, saying: Can I recover of this my illness? 10And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: but the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.11And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God wept.…
Cross References
2 Kings 8:14
And when he was departed from Eliseus he came to his master, who said to him: What said Eliseus to thee? And he answered: He told me: Thou shalt recover.

2 Kings 8:15
And on the next day, he took a blanket, and poured water on it, and spread it upon his face: and he died, and Hazael reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 8:9
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