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 thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 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. 6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of 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 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 wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yhwh his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
• 1 Kings 17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
• Luke 1:45And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by 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