2 Kings 7:3
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English Standard Version
Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

New American Standard Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die?

King James Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Four men with a skin disease were at the entrance to the gate. They said to each other, "Why just sit here until we die?

International Standard Version
Now there happened to be four lepers who were at that very moment at the entrance to the city gate. As they were talking with one another, they said, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die?

NET Bible
Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Four men with skin diseases were at the entrance of the city gate. One of them asked, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die?

King James 2000 Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

American King James Version
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

American Standard Version
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there were four lepers, at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another: What mean we to stay here till we die?

Darby Bible Translation
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

English Revised Version
Now there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Webster's Bible Translation
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

World English Bible
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, "Why do we sit here until we die?

Young's Literal Translation
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, 'What -- we are sitting here till we have died;
Lexicon
And there were four
'arba`  (ar-bah')
four -- four.
leprous
tsara`  (tsaw-rah')
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy -- leper, leprous.
men
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
at the entering in
pethach  (peh'-thakh)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way -- door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
of the gate
sha`ar  (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
and they said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
one
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to another
rea`  (ray'-ah)
an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other.
Why sit
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
we here until we die
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
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