Catholic Public Domain Version
"But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all. "
— 2 Kings 5:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.”
“But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. ”
“But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.”
“But Elisha replied,“As certainly as the LORD lives(whom I serve), I will take nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.”
“But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused.”
“But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.”
“But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.”
his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’ ”
So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.
And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”
But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.
And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.
But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”
And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.