2 Kings 2:8 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.

English ASV

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

English Amplified

And Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the waters, and they divided this way and that, so that the two of them went over on dry ground.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the waters, and they divided this way and that, so that the two of them went over on dry ground.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and they two went over on dry ground.

English EASY 2024

Elijah took off his coat. He rolled it up and he hit the water with it. The water became separate to the left side and to the right side. Elijah and Elisha went across the river on dry ground.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Elijah took off his coat, folded it, and hit the water with it. The water separated to the right and to the left. Then Elijah and Elisha crossed the river on dry ground.

Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then Elijah took off his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it; the water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Elijah took his coat, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water divided to their left and their right, and the two men crossed {the river} on dry ground.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English KJV 1611

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

English LSB

And Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then Elijah took his robe and rolled it up and struck the water, and it was divided from one side to the other. Then the two of them crossed on dry ground.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water, which divided, and both crossed over on dry ground.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Elijah rolled his coat up. Then he struck the water with it. The water parted to the right and to the left. The two of them went across the river on dry ground.

English NIV

Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English NKJ 1982

Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

English NLT

Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided, and the two of them went across on dry ground!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it; and the river divided and they went across on dry ground!

English Tyndale 1537

And then Eliah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the water, and it divided itself, part the one way and part the other, and they two went over on the dry land.