In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
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Verse 18 is found in chapter 5 of 2 Kings. After his healing, Naaman returns to Elisha and declares that he now recognizes the God of Israel as the true God. He attempts to offer a gift, but Elisha refuses it, preserving the gratuitous character of divine intervention. Naaman asks for soil from Israel and anticipates the difficulty of accompanying his master in certain official acts of worship. Elisha responds with an expression of peace without developing a systematic theology concerning every detail of his situation. The scene shows that an experience of grace leads to a new confession of faith and a reorientation of religious allegiance.
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Nur darin wolle der HERR deinem Knecht gnädig sein: wo ich anbete im Hause Rimmons, wenn mein Herr ins Haus Rimmons geht, daselbst anzubeten, und er sich an meine Hand lehnt.
En esto perdone Jehová a tu siervo: que cuando mi señor entrare en el templo de Rimmón, y para adorar en él se apoyare sobre mi mano, si yo también me inclinare en el templo de Rimmón, si en el templo de Rimmón me inclino, Jehová perdone en esto a tu siervo.
Que Jehová perdone a tu siervo en esto: cuando mi señor entre al templo de Rimón para postrarse allí y se apoye en mi brazo, y yo me incline en el templo de Rimón, que Jehová perdone a tu siervo cuando me incline en el templo de Rimón».
Voici toutefois ce que je prie l'Eternel de pardonner à ton serviteur. Quand mon maître entre dans la maison de Rimmon pour s'y prosterner et qu'il s'appuie sur ma main, je me prosterne aussi dans la maison de Rimmon: veuille l'Eternel pardonner à ton serviteur, lorsque je me prosternerai dans la maison de Rimmon!
Il Signore voglia perdonar questa cosa al tuo servitore, se io m’inchino nel tempio di Rimmon, quando il mio signore entrerà in esso per adorare, e si appoggerà sopra la mia mano; il Signore perdoni al tuo servitore questa cosa, se io m’inchino nel tempio di Rimmon.
Nisto perdoe o SENHOR a teu servo; quando meu senhor entrar na casa de Rimom para ali adorar, e ele se encostar na minha mão, e eu também tenha de me encurvar na casa de Rimom; quando assim me encurvar na casa de Rimom, nisto perdoe o SENHOR a teu servo.
惟有一件事,願耶和華饒恕你僕人:我主人進 臨門 廟在那裏叩拜的時候,他總是扶著我的手,所以我也在 臨門 廟叩拜。我在 臨門 廟叩拜的這事,願耶和華饒恕你僕人。」
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