2 Kings 4:4

Bible in Basic English

Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.”

Hebrew Names Version
You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

King James Version
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

English Standard Version
Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside."

New Century Version
Then go into your house and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and set the full ones aside."

New English Translation
Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it."

Amplified Bible
"Then you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out [the oil you have] into all these containers, and you shall set aside each one when it is full."

New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall come in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour into all these containers; and you shall set aside what is full."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, & set aside those that are full.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full."

Contemporary English Version
go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then go in; shut the door, with you and your sons inside; and pour oil into all those containers; and as they are filled, put them aside."

Darby Translation
and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then go to your house and close the doors. Only you and your sons will be in the house. Then pour the oil into all the bowls. Fill them, and put them in a separate place."

George Lamsa Translation
And then go in, and shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and pour out into all these vessels; and the vessel which is full bring up to me.

Good News Translation
"Then you and your sons go into the house, close the door, and start pouring oil into the jars. Set each one aside as soon as it is full."

Lexham English Bible
You must also go and shut the door behind you and your children, and you must pour out oil into all of these containers and set the filled ones aside."

Literal Translation
And you shall go in and shut the door on you, and on your sons, and shall pour out into all these vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and go in, and shut ye dore behynde the with thy sonnes, and poure of it in to all ye vessels: & whan thou hast fylled them, delyuer them forth.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore after thee and after thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels: and set asyde that which is full.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.'

King James Version (1611)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee, and vpon thy sonnes, and shalt powre out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt go in and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and thou shalt pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Berean Standard Bible
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And entre, and close thi dore, whanne thou art with ynne, thou and thi sones; and putte ye therof in to alle these vessels; and whanne tho schulen be ful, thou schalt take awei.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'

Update Bible Version
And you shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when thou hast come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

World English Bible
You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

New King James Version
And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones."

New Living Translation
Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled."

New Life Bible
Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour the oil into all these jars, and set aside each one that is full."

New Revised Standard
Then go in, and shut the door behind you and your children, and start pouring into all these vessels; when each is full, set it aside."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when thou hast come in, then shalt thou shut the door behind thee and behind thy sons, and shalt pour out into all these vessels, - and, that which is full, shalt thou set aside.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full, take them away.

Revised Standard Version
Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt. ² Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil. ³ Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. ⁴ Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones. ⁵ So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them. ⁶ And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped. ⁷ So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou shalt shut: 2 Kings 4:32, 2 Kings 4:33, 1 Kings 17:19, 1 Kings 17:20, Isaiah 26:20, Matthew 6:6, Mark 5:40, Acts 9:40

and shalt pour: Mark 6:37-44, Mark 8:5-9, John 2:7-9, John 6:11, Ephesians 3:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:16 - the Mark 7:33 - he took Luke 8:51 - he suffered

Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

Genesis 15:17
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

Exodus 13:12
You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 9:24
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

Numbers 16:35
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

Numbers 18:17
But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when thou art come in,.... Into her house:

thou shall shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons; that they might be alone in the house while the miracle was working; that they might not be interrupted in what they were to do, by the creditor coming in upon them, or by neighbours, who would be for getting the oil from them in the vessels they had lent them: and that the miracle might appear the plainer, no oil being brought into the house by any:

and shalt pour out into all these vessels; out of the single pot of oil into all they borrowed:

and thou shalt set aside that which is full; by itself, and fill the rest of the empty ones.