2nd Kings Chapter 1 verse 14 Holy Bible
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight.
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For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.
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Behold, there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; but now, let my life be precious in thy sight.
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Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.
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Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Burnt.--Eat, or devoured (2Kings 1:10; 2Kings 1:12).The two captains of the former fifties.--Rather, the former two captains of fifties.Therefore let my life now.--And now (i.e., this time) let my life. Some MSS., and LXX., Vulg., and Arabic add the precative "now," that is, "I pray," as in 2Kings 1:13 ("I pray thee" = na').Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBehold,הִ֠נֵּה (hin·nêh)InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!fireאֵשׁ֙ (’êš)Noun - common singularStrong's 784: A firehas come downיָ֤רְדָה (yā·rə·ḏāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendfromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 8064: Heaven, skyand consumedוַ֠תֹּאכַל (wat·tō·ḵal)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 398: To eatthe firstהָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים (hā·ri·šō·nîm)Article | Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 7223: First, in place, time, ranktwoשְׁנֵ֞י (šə·nê)Number - mdcStrong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)captainsשָׂרֵ֧י (śā·rê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, princeof fifty,הַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים (ha·ḥă·miš·šîm)Article | Number - common pluralStrong's 2572: Fiftywith all their men.חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶ֑ם (ḥă·miš·šê·hem)Number - common plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2572: FiftyBut nowוְעַתָּ֕ה (wə·‘at·tāh)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 6258: At this timemay my lifeנַפְשִׁ֖י (nap̄·šî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion be preciousתִּיקַ֥ר (tî·qar)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rarein your sight.”בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singularStrong's 5869: An eye, a fountainJump to PreviousBurnt Captains Consumed Consumeth End Eyes Fallen Fifties Fifty Fire First Former Heads Heaven Life Precious Sight Sky Soul Value
