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2 Kings 4:44

Then Elisha's servant put the food in front of the group of prophets. The group of prophets had enough to eat, and they even had food left over. This happened just as the Lord had said.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elisha;   Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Miracles;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baal-Shalishah;   Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he set it before them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.
Hebrew Names Version
So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord .
English Standard Version
So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the Lord .
New Century Version
After he gave it to them, the people ate and had food left over, as the Lord had said.
New English Translation
So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted.
Amplified Bible
So he set it before them, and they ate and left some, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
So he served it to them, and they ate and had some left over, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he gave it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
So the servant served the bread and grain to the people. They ate and still had some left over, just as the Lord had promised.
Complete Jewish Bible
So he served them, and they ate and had some left over, as Adonai had said.
Darby Translation
And he set [it] before them, and they ate and left [thereof], according to the word of Jehovah.
George Lamsa Translation
So he set it before them, and they did eat and left some, according to the word of the LORD.
Good News Translation
So the servant set the food before them, and as the Lord had said, they all ate, and there was still some left over.
Lexham English Bible
So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And he set before them, and they ate, and left some of it, according to the Word of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he set it before them, so that they ate, and there lefte ouer, acordinge to ye worde of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they ate and left, according to the word of the Lord.
English Revised Version
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor he puttide bifor hem, whiche eeten; and it lefte, bi the word of the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
So he set it before them, and they ate, and had some left, according to the word of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he set [it] before them, and they ate, and left [of it], according to the word of the LORD.
World English Bible
So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of Yahweh.
New King James Version
So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
New Living Translation
And when they gave it to the people, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the Lord had promised.
New Life Bible
So he put it in front of them. And they ate and had some left, as the word of the Lord had said.
New Revised Standard
He set it before them, they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he set before them, and they did eat and left remaining, according to the word of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he set it before them: and they ate, and there was left, according to the word of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
So he set it before them. And they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.
THE MESSAGE
And sure enough, there was. He passed around what he had—they not only ate, but had leftovers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

38 Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a famine in the land. The group of prophets was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, "Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets." 39 One man went out into the field to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and picked the fruit from it. He put that fruit in his robe and brought it back. He cut up the wild fruit and put it into the pot. But the group of prophets did not know what kind of fruit it was. 40 Then they poured some of the soup for the men to eat. But when they began to eat the soup, they shouted out, "Man of God! There's poison in the pot!" The food tasted like poison, so they could not eat that food. 41 But Elisha said, "Bring some flour." He threw the flour into the pot. Then he said, "Pour the soup for the people so that they can eat." And there was nothing wrong with the soup. 42 A man from Baal Shalishah came and brought bread from the first harvest to the man of God. This man brought 20 loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in his sack. Then Elisha said, "Give this food to the people, so that they can eat." 43 Elisha's servant said, "What? There are 100 men here. How can I give this food to all those men?" But Elisha said, "Give the food to the people to eat. The Lord says, ‘They will eat and there will still be food left over.'" 44 Then Elisha's servant put the food in front of the group of prophets. The group of prophets had enough to eat, and they even had food left over. This happened just as the Lord had said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:14 - she did 2 Kings 4:6 - when the vessels 2 Chronicles 31:10 - we have had Matthew 14:20 - were Luke 9:17 - and there

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he set it before them,.... The twenty barley loaves, and the full ears of corn:

and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord; as the disciples did at the miracle of the loaves and fishes; though that must be allowed to be a greater miracle than this, Matthew 14:17.


 
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