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2 Kings 7:10

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7:10So they went and called out to the gatekeepers20 of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice.21 But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.”22

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  1. 20 The has a singular form (“gatekeeper”), but the context suggests a plural. The pronoun that follows (“them”) is plural and a plural noun appears in v. 11. The and the have the plural here.
  2. 21 Heb “and, look, there was no man or voice of a man there.”
  3. 22 Heb “but the horses are tied up and the donkeys are tied up and the tents are as they were.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied and the donkeys tied and the tents as they were.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The diseased men came and called to the city’s gatekeepers and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

NLTNew Living Translation

So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. “We went out to the Aramean camp,” they said, “and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn’t a single person around!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When they came, they called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no man or the voice of a man there! Only the horses and the donkeys were tied up, and the tents were left as they were.”

KJV 1900King James Version

So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.