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[choco_frosh]

Reading from 2 Kings 6, Evensong, Sept. 23:
"This isn't the city you're looking for." "This isn't the city we're looking for!" "Move along." "Let's move along!"

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[choco_frosh]

While locating the verse online, I couldn't help but notice that this is arguably a more literal rendering than the New Living Translation.

[sovay]

While locating the verse online, I couldn't help but notice that this is arguably a more literal rendering than the New Living Translation.

What's the original and what's the New Living Translation?

[choco_frosh]

The original (I'm copypastaing, so may have come through) is:
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אֱלִישָׁע, לֹא זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלֹא זֹה הָעִיר--לְכוּ אַחֲרַי, וְאוֹלִיכָה אֶתְכֶם אֶל-הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תְּבַקֵּשׁוּן

Usually translated along the lines of And Elisha said to them, "This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for."

NLT has: Then Elisha went out and told them, “You have come the wrong way! This isn’t the right city! Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are looking for.”