Translations
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes in anguish. 'Am I God,' he cried, 'with power to kill and bring back to life? Why is this man demanding I cure someone of a skin disease? He's deliberately trying to pick a fight with me!'
When the king of Yisra'el read the letter, he tore his garments and said, 'Am I Elohim, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his tzara'at? Know now and see — he is seeking a quarrel with me!'
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”