2 Kings 2:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study 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.

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.

King James Bible
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

Hebrew
Then a company
אִ֜ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

of fifty
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֨ים (wa·ḥă·miš·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 2572: Fifty

of the sons
מִבְּנֵ֤י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of the prophets
הַנְּבִיאִים֙ (han·nə·ḇî·’îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

went
הָֽלְכ֔וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and stood
וַיַּעַמְד֥וּ (way·ya·‘am·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

at a distance,
מִנֶּ֖גֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

facing [Elijah and Elisha]
מֵרָח֑וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

as the two
וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם (ū·šə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of them stood
עָמְד֥וּ (‘ā·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Jordan.
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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