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Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Now there cried{H6817}{(H8804)} a certain{H259} woman{H802} of the wives{H802} of the sons{H1121} of the prophets{H5030} unto Elisha{H477}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thy servant{H5650} my husband{H376} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}; and thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} that thy servant{H5650} did fear{H3373} the LORD{H3068}: and the creditor{H5383}{(H8802)} is come{H935}{(H8804)} to take{H3947}{(H8800)} unto him my two{H8147} sons{H3206} to be bondmen{H5650}.
Strong's King James
And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, ‘Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.’
Young's Literal Translation
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