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 he said, “Go, borrow containers elsewhere for yourself, empty containers from all your neighbors--do not get too few. 4Then you shall come in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour into all these containers; and you shall set aside what is full.” So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they began bringing the containers to her, and she poured the oil. 6When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” But he said to her, “There are no more containers.” Then the oil stopped. 7So she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

2 Kings 4:5 word by word

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

• So she leftהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• So she leftמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• him and shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• the doorדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• behindבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• her and her sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• bringingנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: bringH5066
• to her, and she pouredיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: pourH3332

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:5

• 2 Kings 5:11But Naaman was furious and went away, and he said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will certainly come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the site and cure the leprosy.’
• 1 Kings 17:15So she went and did everything in accordance with the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.
• Luke 1:45And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

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