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2 Kings 5:2–4

Now the Syrians on none of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.”

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2 Kings 5:2–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”

Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid. One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”

So Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

2 Kings 5:2–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Arameans had gone out to raid the Israelites and had taken a little girl as a captive. This little girl served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “I wish my master would meet the prophet who lives in Samaria. He would cure him of his disease.”

Naaman went to the king and told him what the girl from Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy. And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy. And he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Once, when the Arameans went on raids, they had brought back a little girl from Israel. She became the servant of Naaman’s wife. The girl told her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet in Samaria. Then the prophet could cure him of his skin disease.” 

Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. 

2 Kings 5:2–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his skin disease.”

So Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” So Naaman went in and told his lord just what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

When the Arameans went on a raid, they brought back a young girl from the land of Israel, and she came into the service of the wife of Naaman. She said to her mistress, “If only my lord would come before the prophet who is in Samaria; then he would cure his skin disease.” He came and told his master, saying, “Thus and so the girl who is from the land of Israel said.”

2 Kings 5:2–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Companies of soldiers from Aram had marched out. They had captured a young girl from Israel. She became a servant of Naaman’s wife. She spoke to the woman she was serving. She said, “I wish my master would go and see the prophet who is in Samaria. He would heal my master of his skin disease.”

Naaman went to see his own master. He told him what the girl from Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

She said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”

Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.”


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