4 Kings 2:17
But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Coëgeruntque eum donec acquiesceret, et diceret : Mittite. Et miserunt quinquaginta viros : qui cum quæsissent tribus diebus, non invenerunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸν ἕως οὗ ᾐσχύνετο, καὶ εἶπεν Ἀποστείλατε. καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας, καὶ ἐζήτησαν τρεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּפְצְרוּ ב֥וֹ עַד בֹּ֖שׁ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלָ֑חוּ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ שְׁלֹשָֽׁה יָמִ֖ים וְלֹ֥א מְצָאֻֽהוּ
Haydock's commentary
Send. He acquiesces, lest they might think that he was afraid of losing his superiority. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.