Verse 3

2 Kings 4:3

Geneva Bible

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3 And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִ֨י שַׁאֲלִי לָ֤/ךְ כֵּלִים֙ מִן הַ/ח֔וּץ מֵ/אֵ֖ת כָּל שכנ/כי שְׁכֵנָ֑יִ/ךְ כֵּלִ֥ים רֵקִ֖ים אַל תַּמְעִֽיטִי

English Translation

And he said, "Because I ask you for vessels from outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, do not spare."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husba... Focus ↗

2 Then Elisha saide vnto her, What shall I do for thee? tell mee, what hast thou at home? And she sayd... Focus ↗

3 And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare n...

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out in... Focus ↗

5 So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they brought to her... Focus ↗

6 And when the vessels were full, shee sayde vnto her sonne, Bring mee yet a vessel. And hee said vnto... Focus ↗

7 Then shee came and tolde the man of God (Elohim). And he saide, Goe, and sell the oyle, and pay them... Focus ↗

8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate b... Focus ↗

9 And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God (Elohim) that p... Focus ↗

10 Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, and let vs set him there a bed, and a tab... Focus ↗

11 And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein, Focus ↗

12 And sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite: and when hee called her, she stood before him. Focus ↗

13 Then he sayd vnto him, Say vnto her now, Beholde, thou hast had all this great care for vs, what sha... Focus ↗

14 Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne,... Focus ↗

15 Then said he, Cal her. And hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore. Focus ↗

16 And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne. And... Focus ↗

17 So the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that El... Focus ↗

18 And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers... Focus ↗

19 And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother. Focus ↗

20 And hee tooke him and brought him to his mother, and hee sate on her knees till noone, and dyed. Focus ↗

21 Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), and shut the doore vpon him,... Focus ↗

22 Then she called to her husband, and sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of... Focus ↗

23 And he sayd, Wherefore wilt thou goe to him to day? it is neither newe moone nor Sabbath day. And sh... Focus ↗

24 Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get v... Focus ↗

25 So she went, and came vnto the man of God (Elohim) to mount Carmel. And when the man of God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

26 Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? a... Focus ↗

27 And when shee came to the man of God (Elohim) vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Ge... Focus ↗

28 Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not? Focus ↗

29 Then he sayd to Gehazi, Gird thy loynes, and take my staffe in thine hand, and goe thy way: if thou... Focus ↗

30 And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue th... Focus ↗

31 But Gehazi was gone before them, and had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neithe... Focus ↗

32 Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde. Focus ↗

33 He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord. Focus ↗

34 After he went vp, and lay vpon the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes vpon his eies... Focus ↗

35 And hee went from him, and walked vp and downe in the house, and went vp and spred himselfe vpon him... Focus ↗

36 Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him. And... Focus ↗

37 And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and... Focus ↗

38 Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the land, and the children of the Prophets... Focus ↗

39 And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, and founde, as it were, a wilde vine, and gather... Focus ↗

40 So they powred out for the men to eate: and when they did eate of the pottage, they cryed out, and s... Focus ↗

41 Then he said, Bring meale. And hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that... Focus ↗

42 Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God (Elohim) bread of the first fruits, e... Focus ↗

43 And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnt... Focus ↗

44 So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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