2 Kings 4:7
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.
6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
9 Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- KJV
- Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
- WEB
- Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
- ASV
- Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
- DARBY
- And she came and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou [and] thy sons on the rest.
- BLB
- And she came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your sons live on the rest.”
- ÅB
- Så kom hun og fortalte det til den Guds mann, og han sa: Gå og selg oljen og betal din gjeld; så kan du og dine sønner leve av det som blir tilovers.
- OTB
- Så kom hun og informerte Guds mann. Og han instruerte henne, "Gå, selg oljen og betal din gjeld, og du og dine sønner kan leve av resten."
- B1930
- Så kom hun og fortalte det til den Guds mann, og han sa: Gå og selg oljen og betal din gjeld; så kan du og dine sønner leve av det som blir tilovers.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Thessalonians 3:7–12
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
Read in context1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
Read in contextPsalms 37:21
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
Read in contextRomans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
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