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2 Kings 4:5

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Debtor;   Elisha;   Miracles;   Oil;   Poor;   Readings, Select;   Servant;   Widow;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Elisha;   Home;   Miracles;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Seclusion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Oil;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Orphan;   Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Debt;   Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Debt;   Elisha;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Slaves and Slavery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So she left.
Hebrew Names Version
So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
King James Version
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
English Standard Version
So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
New Century Version
So she left Elisha and shut the door behind her and her sons. As they brought the jars to her, she poured out the oil.
New English Translation
So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.
Amplified Bible
So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing her the containers as she poured [the oil].
New American Standard Bible
So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they began bringing the containers to her, and she poured the oil.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they brought to her, and she powred out.
Legacy Standard Bible
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.
Contemporary English Version
The woman left. Later, when she and her sons were back inside their house, the two sons brought her the jars, and she began filling them.
Complete Jewish Bible
So she left him and shut the door on herself and her sons. They brought her the containers while she poured.
Darby Translation
And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the woman left Elisha, went into her house, and shut the door. Only she and her sons were in the house. Her sons brought the bowls to her and she poured oil.
George Lamsa Translation
So she went from him, and entered her house and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
Good News Translation
So the woman went into her house with her sons, closed the door, took the small jar of olive oil, and poured oil into the jars as her sons brought them to her.
Lexham English Bible
So she went from him, and she shut the door behind her and her children. They were bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring.
Literal Translation
And she left him, and shut the door on her and on her sons. They carried to her, and she poured out.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She wente, and shut the dore vnto her with hir sonnes, which broughte her the vessels, and so she poured in.
American Standard Version
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so she went from him, and shut the doore after her & after her sonnes: And they brought to her, & she powred out.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
King James Version (1611)
So shee went from him, and shut the doore vpon her, & vpon her sonnes: who brought the vessels to her, and shee powred out.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the vessels were filled.
English Revised Version
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the womman yede, and closide the dore on hir silf and on hir sones, thei brouyten vessels, and sche `heldide in.
Young's Literal Translation
And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,
Update Bible Version
So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
Webster's Bible Translation
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought [the vessels] to her; and she poured out.
World English Bible
So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
New King James Version
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.
New Living Translation
So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another.
New Life Bible
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They took the jars to her, and she poured.
New Revised Standard
So she left him and shut the door behind her and her children; they kept bringing vessels to her, and she kept pouring.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she went out from his presence, and shut the door behind her, and behind her sons, - they bringing near to her, and she pouring out.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in.
Revised Standard Version
So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
THE MESSAGE
She did what he said. She locked the door behind her and her sons; as they brought the containers to her, she filled them. When all the jugs and bowls were full, she said to one of her sons, "Another jug, please." He said, "That's it. There are no more jugs." Then the oil stopped.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.

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

she went: 2 Kings 5:11, 1 Kings 17:15, 1 Kings 17:16, Luke 1:45, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:16 - the

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
Genesis 31:5
And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
Job 5:2
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Psalms 20:3
May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)
Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So she went from him,.... And did as he advised her, borrowed many empty vessels of her neighbours, having faith in what the prophet had said to her:

and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons; and then went to work as she was directed, with her sons:

who brought the vessels to her; the empty ones she had borrowed: and she poured out; the oil out of her pot into them.


 
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