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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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2 Kings 4:9

The woman said to her husband, "Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Shunammite;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Counsel;   Discernment-Dullness;   Home;   Insight;   Notable Women;   Perception, Spiritual;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Furniture;   Hospitality;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holiness;   Marriage;   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Stranger, Alien, Foreigner;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Shunem;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hospitality;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then she said to her husband, “I know that the one who often passes by here is a holy man of God,
Hebrew Names Version
She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
King James Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
English Standard Version
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.
New Century Version
The woman said to her husband, "I know that this is a holy man of God who passes by our house all the time.
New English Translation
She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.
Amplified Bible
She said to her husband, "Behold, I sense that this is a holy man of God who frequently passes our way.
New American Standard Bible
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I am aware that this is a holy man of God passing by us repeatedly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.
Legacy Standard Bible
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later the woman said to her husband, "I'm sure the man who comes here so often is a prophet of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
She said to her husband, "I can see that this is a holy man of God who keeps stopping at our place.
Darby Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
George Lamsa Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that the prophet of God is a holy man who passes by us continually.
Good News Translation
She said to her husband, "I am sure that this man who comes here so often is a holy man.
Lexham English Bible
She said to her husband, "Please now, I know that he is a holy man of God who is passing our way regularly;
Literal Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I know that he is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And she sayde vnto hir hu?bande: Beholde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God, which goeth euer thorow this waye,
American Standard Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
Bible in Basic English
And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she saide vnto her husband: Beholde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God which passeth by vs continually.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she said unto her husband: 'Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
King James Version (1611)
And shee said vnto her husband, Behold now, I perceiue that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by vs continually.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this is a holy man of God who comes over continually to us.
English Revised Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the woman said to her husband, "Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`Which womman seide to hir hosebonde, Y perseyue that this is an hooli man of God, that passith ofte bi vs;
Young's Literal Translation
and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;
Update Bible Version
And she said to her husband, Look now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
Webster's Bible Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] a holy man of God, who passeth by us continually.
World English Bible
She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
New King James Version
And she said to her husband, "Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly.
New Living Translation
She said to her husband, "I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.
New Life Bible
She said to her husband, "Now I see that this is a holy man of God who is always passing by.
New Revised Standard
She said to her husband, "Look, I am sure that this man who regularly passes our way is a holy man of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said she unto her husband, Lo! I pray thee - I perceive that, a holy man of God, he is, - passing our way continually.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said to her husband: I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who often passeth by us.
Revised Standard Version
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way.
THE MESSAGE
"I'm certain," said the woman to her husband, "that this man who stops by with us all the time is a holy man of God. Why don't we add on a small room upstairs and furnish it with a bed and desk, chair and lamp, so that when he comes by he can stay with us?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.

Contextual Overview

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She asked Elisha to stop and eat at her house. So every time Elisha went through that place, he stopped there to eat. 9 The woman said to her husband, "Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time. 10 Please, let's make a little room on the roof for him. Let's put a bed in this room and a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then when he comes to our house, he can have this room for himself." 11 One day Elisha came to the woman's house. He went to this room and rested there. 12 Elisha said to his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." The servant called the Shunammite woman, and she stood in front of Elisha. 13 Elisha told his servant, "Now say to her, ‘Look, you have done your best to take care of us. What can we do for you? Do you want us to speak to the king for you, or to the captain of the army?'" She answered, "I am fine living here among my own people." 14 Elisha said to Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" He answered, "I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old." 15 Then Elisha said, "Call her." So Gehazi called the woman. She came and stood at his door. 16 Elisha said, "About this time next spring, you will be holding your own baby boy in your arms." The woman said, "No, sir! Man of God, don't lie to me!" 17 But the woman did become pregnant and gave birth to a son that next spring, just as Elisha had said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she said: Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:11, 1 Peter 3:1

this is: Matthew 5:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, Titus 1:8, 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 3:2

man of God: Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24, 1 Timothy 6:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 14:6 - the man Judges 13:6 - A man 2 Kings 4:40 - O thou

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!
Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Genesis 37:32
Then the brothers showed the coat to their father. And the brothers said, "We found this coat. Is this Joseph's coat?"
Psalms 9:12
He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.
Proverbs 28:13
Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
John 8:44
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she said unto her husband,.... Not being willing to do any thing without his leave and consent:

behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually: and calls here frequently: this she perceived by his discourse and conversation; and by his carriage and behaviour he appeared to be a prophet, and one very eminent for holiness and religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 4:9. This is a holy man of God — That is, a prophet, as the Chaldee interprets it.

Which passeth by us continually. — It probably lay in his way to some school of the prophets that he usually attended.


 
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