Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut they pressed him until he could no longer bear to refuse, and he said, 'Send them.' Fifty men searched for three days and found nothing.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut they pressed him until he relented from shame, and he said, 'Send them.' So they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but could not find him.
KJV
King James VersionAnd when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
Footnotes
*Vayevosh* (וַיֵּבֹשׁ) — 'he was shamed/embarrassed' — is not a moral failure but a socially precise observation: Elisha yielded to the accumulated pressure of subordinates whose insistence made further refusal feel discourteous. He knows the search is futile — but lets it be. His quiet vindication when they return empty-handed is one of Scripture's understated moments of prophetic patience. FOG renders 'relented from shame' to preserve the social texture; FOG Message captures the relational pressure more naturally.