2 Kings 4:3

1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

2 “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

4 Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

5 So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Da sa han: Gå til alle dine naboer og be om å få låne hjem noen tomme kar, bare ikke for få!
OTB
Da sa han, "Gå, lån beholdere andre steder for deg selv, fra alle dine naboer — tomme kar; ikke ta bare noen få.
B1930
Da sa han: Gå til alle dine naboer og be om å få låne hjem nogen tomme kar, bare ikke for få!
BSB
“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
KJV
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
WEB
Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
ASV
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
DARBY
And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
BLB
And he said, “Go, ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all your neighbors—empty vessels. Do not let it be few.

Studienotater (Tyndale)

Grunntekst og ordstudie

Kryssreferanser