2-kings 2:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.
Webster's Revision
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
World English Bible
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
Clarke's 2-kings 2:7 Bible Commentary
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - They fully expected this extraordinary event, and they could have known it only from Elijah himself, or by a direct revelation from God.
Barnes's 2-kings 2:7 Bible Commentary
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - We see by this how large were the prophetical schools. It is implied that the "fifty" were only a portion of the school of Jericho. They ascended the abrupt heights behind the town, from where they would command a view of the whole course of the river and of the opposite bank for many miles.
Wesley's 2-kings 2:7 Bible Commentary
2:7 To view — To observe this great event, Elijah's translation to heaven, which they expected every moment: and whereof they desired to be spectators, not to satisfy their own curiosity, but that they might be witnesses of it to others.
