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2 Kings 4:41

Protection and safetyMiracles and God's intervention

39 One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

40 And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

42 Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

43 But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

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BSB
Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
KJV
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
WEB
But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
ASV
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
DARBY
And he said, Then bring meal. And he cast [it] into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
BLB
And he said, “Bring flour.” And he put [it] into the pot and said, “Serve [it] to the people, that they may eat.” And there was not a harmful thing in the pot.
ÅB
Da sa han: Hent noe mel! Og han kastet det i gryten og sa: Øs opp for folket, så de kan få spise! Og da var det ikke mere noe skadelig i gryten.
OTB
Da sa han, "Bring mel." Og han kastet det i gryten og sa, "Server det til folket og la dem spise." Og det var ingenting skadelig i gryten.
B1930
Da sa han: Hent noget mel! Og han kastet det i gryten og sa: Øs op for folket, så de kan få ete! Og da var det ikke mere noget skadelig i gryten.

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  • Exodus 15:25

    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

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  • 2 Kings 2:21

    and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:25

    For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

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  • Acts 28:5

    But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

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  • 2 Kings 5:10

    Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

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  • 2 Kings 6:6

    “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

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  • John 9:6

    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

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