2 Kings
King James Version (KJV)


“And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.”
King James Version (KJV)
2:7 To view - To observe this great event, Elijah's translation to heaven, which they expected every moment: and whereof they desired to be spectators, not to satisfy their own curiosity, but that they might be witnesses of it to others.
And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophets went, and stood to view afarre off: and they two stood by Iordan.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite {them} at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.
- Basic English Bible
Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.
- Darby Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
- English Revised Version
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
- World English Bible