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2 Kings 7:2

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1 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

4 If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

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BSB
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
KJV
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
WEB
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”
ASV
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
DARBY
And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
BLB
And the officer, whom the king on his hand leaned, answered the man of God and said, “Behold, [if] YHWH would make windows in the heavens, could this thing come to pass?” And he said, “Behold, you shall see [it] with your eyes, and from there you shall not eat.”
ÅB
Men den høvedsmann hvis hånd kongen støttet seg på, svarte den Guds mann: Om så Herren gjorde luker på himmelen, hvordan skulle slikt kunne hende? Han svarte: Du skal få se det med egne øyne, men ikke få spise derav.
OTB
Men offiseren som kongen lente seg på, svarte Guds mann og sa, "Se, om Herren skulle lage vinduer i himmelen, kunne dette skje?" Da sa han, "Se, du skal få se det med dine egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det."
B1930
Men den høvedsmann hvis hånd kongen støttet sig på, svarte den Guds mann: Om så Herren gjorde luker på himmelen, hvorledes skulde slikt kunne hende? Han svarte: Du skal få se det med egne øine, men ikke få ete derav.

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  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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  • Genesis 18:12–14

    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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  • Malachi 3:10

    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

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  • Psalms 78:41

    Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Romans 3:3

    What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

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  • 2 Timothy 2:13

    if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

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  • 2 Kings 5:18

    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”

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  • Psalms 78:19–21

    They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

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