Then he said, “God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.”
Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”
Then he said, May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day!
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
He announced, “May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
He announced, ‘May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.’
He said, “So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, Shaphat’s son, remains on his shoulders today!”
Then he said, “May God do terrible things to me, and worse ones too, if the head of Elisha the son of Shafat remains on his body by day’s end.”
He said, “I pray that God will punish me terribly, if Elisha's head is still on his shoulders by this time tomorrow.”
And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!
And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day.
The king said, “May God punish me if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat is still on his body at the end of this day!”
He said, ‘I will certainly cut off Elisha's head today! May God punish me with death if Elisha still has his head by the end of the day!’
Then he said, “May God punish me severely and even double it, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”
and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
He said, “May God ·punish me terribly [deal severely with me, and worse; L do to me, and even more] if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat ·isn’t cut off from his body [L remains on his shoulders] today [C the king blames Elisha for the situation]!”
And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
He said, “May God strike me dead if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on his ⌞body⌟ today.”
He exclaimed, “May God strike me dead if Elisha is not beheaded before the day is over!”
He announced, “May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
He said, “The head of Elisha son of Shaphat will be taken from his body today! May God punish me terribly if this doesn’t happen!”
He said, “May God do to me—and more also!—if the head of Shaphat’s son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!”
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, shall remain upon him today.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.”
Then he said, “May God do to me and thus may he add, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”
“May God kill me if I don’t execute Elisha this very day,” the king vowed.
When the king heard the woman’s story he ripped apart his robe. Since he was walking on the city wall, everyone saw that next to his skin he was wearing coarse burlap. And he called out, “God do his worst to me—and more—if Elisha son of Shaphat still has a head on his shoulders at this day’s end.”
Then he said, “So may God do to me, and even more, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stands on his shoulders after today.”
He said, “May Elohim strike me dead if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on his body today.”
The king exclaimed, “May God do thus to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, stays on him today!”
Then he said, “May God do so to me and more so, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.”
Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.”
He said, “May God do this to me and more if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, remains on his body today.”
He said, “May God punish me terribly if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat isn’t cut off from his body today!”
Then he said, “May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”
He said, “I’ll cut the head of Shaphat’s son Elisha off his shoulders today. If I don’t, may God punish me greatly!”
He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”
He said, ‘May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!’
Then he said, “God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”
Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
“May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders this very day,” the king vowed.
and he said, ‘So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.’
and he said, ‘So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.’
and he said, “So may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.”
and he said, “So may God do to me and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.”
Then he said, Elohim do so and more also to me, if the rosh Elishah Ben Shaphat shall remain on him hayom (today).
And he said, “God do so to me and more also if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, shall stay on him this day.”
and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Eli′sha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Eli′sha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
Then he said, “May God do so to me and even more, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.”
King of Israel: May God behead me and even worse if the head of Elisha (Shaphat’s son) is still attached to his body by the end of today.
Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
And the king said, God do to me these things, and add these things too, if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, shall stand on him today (shall remain on him this day).
And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add -- if it remain -- the head of Elisha son of Shaphat -- upon him this day.'
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