2 Kings 2:7

Elijah Taken Up to Heaven

6And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.7Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.8And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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Berean Standard Bible
Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
American Standard Version (1901)
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
Bible in Basic English
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.
Free Bible Version
Then a group of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing Elijah and Elisha at a distance as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
Geneva Bible 1599
And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophets went and stoode on the other side a farre off, and they two stoode by Iorden.
King James (Authorized) Version
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
Translation for Translators
Fifty men from a group of prophets who were from Jericho also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan River.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Later, fifty of the sons of the prophets stood opposite them at a distance while the two stood by the Jordan.
Noah Webster Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
World English Bible
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
Young's Literal Translation
— and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off — and both of them have stood by the Jordan.