2 Kings 6:31-33

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely ¹  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ² 

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ³  The king ⁴  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ⁵  Elisha ⁶  said to the leaders, ⁷  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ⁸  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ⁹  6:33 He was still talking to them when ¹⁰  the messenger approached ¹¹  and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! ¹²  Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

[6:31]  ¹ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

[6:31]  ² tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

[6:32]  ³ tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

[6:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

[6:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “elders.”

[6:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

[6:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

[6:33]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.

[6:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “came down to him.”

[6:33]  ¹² tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”