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Berean Standard Bible

“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?”

2 Kings 7:3

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Samaria is under siege and starving so badly that people are desperate. Four men with leprosy sit outside the city gate, shut out from the community and facing death whether they stay or go.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

World English Bible (WEB)

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y había cuatro hombres leprosos á la entrada de la puerta, los cuales dijeron el uno al otro: ¿Para qué nos estamos aquí hasta que muramos?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Había cuatro leprosos sentados fuera del muro de la ciudad. ―¿Qué hacemos aquí sentados? —se dijeron—.

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