2 Kings 4:5

2 Kings 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
• New International Version (NIV)She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.

Context of 2 Kings 4:5

3Then Elisha said to her, ‘Go to all your neighbours. Ask them to lend you empty jars. Make sure that you get a lot of them. 4Then take the jars into your house. Go in with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour the olive oil from your jar into all the other jars. When each jar is full, put it in a safe place.’ The widow left Elisha. She went into her house with her sons and she shut the door behind her. They brought the jars to her and she poured the oil into them. 6When all the jars were full, she said to one of her sons, ‘Bring me another jar.’ But he said, ‘There are no more jars.’ Then there was no more olive oil to pour from her jar. 7Then the widow went back to Elisha, the man of God. She told him what had happened. He said, ‘Go and sell the oil. Use some of the money to pay the debt to the man. Use the money that remains to buy food for you and your sons. Then you will live.’

2 Kings 4:5 word by word

וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽאִתּ֔וֹ וַתִּסְגֹּ֣ר הַדֶּ֔לֶת בַּעֲדָ֖הּ וּבְעַ֣ד בָּנֶ֑יהָ הֵ֛ם מַגִּשִׁ֥ים אֵלֶ֖יהָ וְהִ֥יא מוֹצָֽקֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So she wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• from him, and shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• the doorדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• upon her and uponבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• her sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• whoהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• broughtנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: bringH5066
• to her; and she poured outיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: pourH3332

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:5

• 2 Kings 5:11But Naaman was angry and he went away. He said, ‘I thought that the prophet would come out of his house to see me. Then he would stand here with me. He would pray in the name of the Lord his God. Then he would move his hand over the bad place in my skin. After that my skin would be clean again. That is what I thought he would do.
• 1 Kings 17:15Then the widow went home. She did what Elijah had told her to do. After that, there was enough food every day for Elijah and for the widow and her family.
• Luke 1:45The Lord has told you what will happen. And you believed what he told you. Because of that, God has made you a happy person.’
• Hebrews 11:7Noah believed God too. God told Noah about bad things that would happen. Nobody could see what would happen, but Noah believed God's message. He was careful to do exactly what God told him. He built a large ship to save his family. As a result of his faith, Noah showed that everyone else in the world was wrong. Noah himself became one of those people that God accepted as right with him. They are right with God because they trust him.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Elisha was not present during the miracle so the woman and her son would know that the Lord's power provided it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72Ki 4:1-7. Elisha Augments the Widow's Oil. 1. there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets--They were allowed to marry as well as the priests and Levites. Her husband, not enjoying the lucrative profits of business, had nothing but a professional income, which, in that irreligious age, would be precarious and very scanty, so that he was not in a condition to provide for his family. the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:5

• Debtor
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Oil
• Poor
• Readings, Select
• Servant
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Careful
• Desire
• Daniel, Book of
• Debt; Debtor
• Elisha
• Images
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoram; Joram
• Kings, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings