2 KINGS 8:11

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.”

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2 Kings 8:11 Translation & Meaning

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And he settled וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֥ד To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) settled
his countenance פָּנָ֖יו The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) countenance
stedfastly, וַיָּ֣שֶׂם To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) stedfastly
until עַד As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) until
he was ashamed: בֹּ֑שׁ Properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed ashamed
and the man אִ֥ישׁ 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) man
of God הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
wept. וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ To weep; generally to bemoan wept

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  • 9  So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

  • 10  And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

  • 11  And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

  • 12  And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

  • 13  And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.




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