Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: “Should we choose to stay here until we die? "
— 2 Kings 7:3, Catholic Public Domain 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?”
“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? ”
“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?”
“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?”
“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?”
“Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?”
“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?”
Then Elisha said: “Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow, at this time, one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, and two measures of barley will be one silver coin, at the gate of Samaria.”
And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?” And he said, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.”
Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: “Should we choose to stay here until we die?
If we choose to enter the city, we will die from the famine. And if we remain here, we also will die. Therefore, come and let us flee over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we will live. But if they choose to kill us, we will die anyway.”
Therefore, they rose up in the evening, so that they might go to the camp of the Syrians. And when they had arrived at the beginning of the camp of the Syrians, they found no one in that place.
For indeed, the Lord had caused them to hear, in the camp of Syria, the sound of chariots and horses, and a very numerous army. And they said one to another: “Behold, the king of Israel has paid wages to the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians against us. And they will overwhelm us.”