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2 Kings 4:9

She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
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.
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 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread. 9 She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually. 10 Let us make, Please, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there. 11 It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there. 12 He said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? She answered, I dwell among my own people. 14 He said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old. 15 He said, Call her. When he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid. 17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.

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 4:4
Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:9
Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:13
Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 37:32
They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
Psalms 9:12
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
John 8:44
You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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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