Translations
No,' Elisha said. 'You don't strike down men you've captured in battle. Set food and water before them — let them eat and drink, and send them home to their master.'
He answered, 'You shall not strike them down. Would you cut down those you have captured with your sword and your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master.'
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”