列王纪下 7:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

但那攙扶王的官長回答神人，說：“即使耶和華在天上開了窗戶，也不會有這事發生。”以利沙說：“看哪，你要親眼看見，卻吃不著。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 一 个 搀 扶 王 的 军 长 对 　 神 人 说 ： 即 便 耶 和 华 使 天 开 了 窗 户 ， 也 不 能 有 这 事 。 以 利 沙 说 ： 你 必 亲 眼 看 见 ， 却 不 得 吃 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Elisha said, "Listen to the Lord 's word. This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow seven quarts of fine flour will be sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, and thirteen quarts of barley will be sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver. This will happen at the gate of Samaria.'" ² Then the officer who was close to the king answered Elisha, "Even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn't happen." Elisha said, "You will see it with your eyes, but you will not eat any of it."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a lord: etc. or, a lord which belonged to the king, leaning on his hand, 2 Kings 5:18

if the Lord: Genesis 18:12-14, Numbers 11:21-23, Psalms 78:19-21, Psalms 78:41

windows: Genesis 7:11, Malachi 3:10

thou shalt see it: 2 Kings 7:17-20, Deuteronomy 3:27, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Isaiah 7:9, Romans 3:3, 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 3:17-19

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:14 - Is Exodus 6:1 - Now shalt Leviticus 25:20 - General Numbers 11:22 - General Numbers 11:23 - thou shalt 2 Kings 7:18 - as the man Job 20:17 - shall not see Psalms 78:23 - opened Isaiah 24:18 - for the Jeremiah 17:6 - and shall Jeremiah 29:32 - behold Jeremiah 35:4 - a man Hosea 9:8 - with Zechariah 8:6 - should Matthew 4:4 - but Matthew 6:34 - for Mark 6:37 - Shall Mark 8:4 - From Mark 10:27 - With men Luke 1:18 - for Luke 1:20 - because Luke 24:11 - idle Romans 4:20 - staggered

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Genesis 7:8
The clean animals, the unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls on the ground

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood started. On the seventeenth day of the second month of that year the underground springs split open, and the clouds in the sky poured out rain.

Genesis 7:15
Every creature that had the breath of life came to Noah in the boat in groups of two.

Genesis 7:19
The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it.

Genesis 7:21
All living things that moved on the earth died. This included all the birds, tame animals, wild animals, and creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all human beings.

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord . He took some of all the clean birds and animals, and he burned them on the altar as offerings to God.

Leviticus 10:10
You must keep what is holy separate from what is not holy; you must keep what is clean separate from what is unclean.

Ezekiel 44:23
They must teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is not holy. They must help my people know what is unclean and what is clean.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned,.... Not figuratively, in whom the king confided, but literally, on whose hand he rested, and by whom he was supported, being a form and matter of state, while he and Elisha were talking together, or on whom he leaned as he came to him; this was a principal lord, the third to the king, as his title seems to denote; the word by which the Septuagint renders it is by Suidas u interpreted of such that held three spears in the hand together; and this was an honourable post, for a king to lean on him; such state was used by the king of Syria, 2 Kings 5:18 and by the kings and queens of Persia; so Gorionides w says of Esther, that on the third day; she put on her beautiful garments and glorious ornaments, and took two of her maidens with her, and put her right hand on one of them, and leaned upon her in a royal manner, or as was the manner of kings: the same

answered the man of God; the prophet of the Lord, as the Targum:

and said, behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? it is impossible it should be, if he was to open the windows of heaven as at the flood, and let down showers of wheat and barley, in like manner as he rained manna in the wilderness:

and he said; the prophet in reply to him:

behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof; wheat and barley sold at the above price, but should not taste of it, as a punishment of his unbelief.

u In voce τρισταται. w Heb. Hist. l. 2. c. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lord - Rather, “the captain,” as in Exodus 14:7; 1 Kings 9:22; etc. The term itself, שׁלישׁ shâlı̂ysh (derived from שׁלושׁ shâlôsh, “three,”) may be compared with the Latin “tribunus.”

Windows - Rather, “sluices” (compare Genesis 7:11). The “lord” means to say “If Yahweh were to open sluices in heaven, and pour down grain as He poured down rain in the time of the Deluge, even then could there be such abudnance as thou speakest of?”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 7:2. Then a lord — שליש shalish. This word, as a name of office, occurs often, and seems to point out one of the highest offices in the state. So unlikely was this prediction to be fulfilled, that he thought God must pour out wheat and barley from heaven before it could have a literal accomplishment.

But shalt not eat thereof. — This was a mere prediction of his death, but not as a judgment for his unbelief; any person in his circumstances might have spoken as he did. He stated in effect that nothing but a miracle could procure the plenty predicted, and by a miracle alone was it done; and any person in his place might have been trodden to death by the crowd in the gate of Samaria.