2 Paralipomenon 4:24

Nova Vulgata

Stravitque asinam et praecepit puero: "Mina et propera, ne mihi moram facias in eundo, nisi praecepero tibi".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem qu� erat trans flumen, a Taphsa usque ad Gazan, et cunctos reges illarum regionum : et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Stravitque asinam, et pr�cepit puero: Mina, et propera: ne mihi moram facias in eundo: et hoc age quod pr�cipio tibi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Then she: Exodus 4:20, 1 Samuel 25:20, 1 Kings 13:13, 1 Kings 13:23

an ass: These animals were not anciently, as now, used only by the lower classes, but were in general use among the noble and chief personages of the East, and it was not unusual for even the husband to walk by the side of his wife while thus riding; the driver, as was the custom, following. The Shunammite, when she went to the prophet, did not desire so much attendance; but only requested her husband to send her an ass and its driver.

Drive: 1 Samuel 25:19

slack not thy riding for me: Heb. restrain not for me to ride

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:6 - Slack 2 Kings 4:22 - I may run Luke 10:4 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she saddled an ass,.... Her servant did it by her order:

and said to her servant, drive, and go forward; make all the haste he could:

slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee; do not be afraid of riding too fast for me; if thou dost, I will tell thee; till then, keep on a good pace: Abarbinel says she walked afoot all the way, and ordered the man not to slacken his pace in riding for her, unless she called to him; and the Targum seems to favour this sense,

"do not press me to ride unless I call to thee;''

so that the ass was for Elijah to ride on; but one would think, that, as she was in haste, quicker dispatch would be made by her riding than by walking, see 2 Kings 4:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Slack not thy riding - Translate, “delay me not in my riding, except I bid thee.” The servant went on foot with the donkey to urge it forward, as is the ordinary custom in the East.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 4:24. Drive, and go forward — It is customary in the East for a servant to walk along side or drive the ass his master rides. Sometimes he walks behind, and goads on the beast; and when it is to turn, he directs its head with the long pole of the goad. It is probably to this custom that the wise man alludes when he says, "I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth," on the ground.