Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the
wife
of one
of the sons of the prophets cried out
to
Elisha, “Your
servant, my husband, is dead, and you
know
that your
servant feared
the
LORD.
And now
his
creditor
is
coming
to take my two children as
his
slaves!”
And
a
certain
woman
of the
wives
of the sons of the prophets hath
cried unto
Elisha, saying,
`Thy
servant, my husband, is dead, and thou
hast
known
that thy
servant was
fearing
Jehovah,
and the
lender
hath
come
to take my two children to
him
for
servants.'
“How
can
I help
you
? ”
asked
Elisha.
“Tell
me, what do
you
have
in the house? ”
She answered
, “Your
servant has
nothing in the house but
a jar
of oil. ”
And
Elisha
saith
unto
her,
`What
do
I do
for
thee
? declare
to
me, what hast
thou
in the house? '
and
she saith
, `Thy
maid-
servant hath
nothing in the house except
a pot
of oil. '
“Go,”
said
Elisha
, “borrow
jars
, even
empty
ones
, from all your
neighbors.
Do
not gather
just
a
few .
And
he
saith
, `Go
, ask
for
thee
vessels
from
without
, from all thy
neighbours
--
empty
vessels
--
let
`them'
not be
few ;
Then
go
inside
, shut the door behind
you
and your
sons, and pour
oil
into all these jars
, setting
the full ones aside
. ”
and
thou
hast
entered
, and
shut the door upon
thee,
and upon
thy
sons, and hast
poured
out
into all these vessels
, and
the full ones thou
dost
remove
. '
So
she left
him, and after
she
had
shut
the door behind
her and her sons ,
they kept
bringing jars
to
her, and she kept
pouring .
And
she goeth
from
him, and shutteth
the door upon
her ,
and upon
her sons ;
they are
bringing nigh
unto
her, and she is
pouring out,
When
all
the jars
were
full
, she said
to
her son, “
Bring me another.”
But
he replied
, “
There are
no
more jars.”
Then
the oil stopped
flowing
.
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the filling
of
the
vessels
, that
she saith
unto
her son, `
Bring nigh
unto
me a
vessel
more,'
and
he saith
unto
her
, `
There is
not
a
vessel
more ;'
and
the oil stayeth
.
She went
and told
the man of God, and he said
, “
Go, sell the oil, and pay
your
debt.
Then
you
and your
sons can
live on
the remainder
. ”
And
she cometh
and declareth
to
the man of God, and he saith
, `
Go, sell the oil, and repay
thy
loan;
and thou
`and'
thy
sons do
live of
the rest
. '
One
day Elisha went
to
Shunem, and a prominent
woman who
lived
there
persuaded
him to have
a
meal.
So
whenever
he
would
pass by
, he would
stop
there
to eat .
And
the
day cometh
that
Elisha passeth
over
unto
Shunem, and there
`is'
a great
woman ,
and
she
layeth
hold
on
him to eat
bread,
and
it
cometh
to
pass, at
the
time
of
his
passing
over,
he turneth
aside
thither
to eat bread,
Then
the
woman
said
to
her husband, “Behold
, now
I know
that the
one
who
often
comes
our
way
is
a holy man of God .
and
she
saith
unto
her husband, `Lo
, I pray
thee,
I
have
known
that a holy man of God he
is,
passing
over
by
us
continually;
Please
let us make a small
room
upstairs
and put
in
it
a bed, a table, a chair
, and a lamp
for
him.
Then
when
he
comes
to
us, he can
stay
there
. ”
let us make ,
I
pray
thee,
a little
upper
chamber
of
the
wall,
and we
set
for
him
there
a bed, and
a table, and
a high
seat
, and a candlestick;
and
it
hath
been,
in
his
coming
in
unto
us, he doth
turn
aside
thither
. '
One
day Elisha
came
to
visit
and went
to
his
upper room
to
lie
down.
And
the
day cometh,
that
he
cometh
in
thither,
and turneth
aside
unto
the
upper chamber,
and
lieth
there,
And he said
to
Gehazi his servant
, “
Call the
Shunammite woman.”
And when
he had
called
her, she stood
before him ,
and he saith
unto
Gehazi his young
man
, `
Call for
this
Shunammite ;'
and he calleth
for
her, and
she standeth
before him .
and Elisha
said
to Gehazi
, “Now
tell
her, ‘Look
, you
have
gone
to
all this trouble for
us.
What can
we
do for you
? Can
we
speak
on
your
behalf
to the king or the commander
of the army
? ’”
“I
have
a
home
among
my own
people ,”
she
replied
.
And he
saith
to him
, `Say,
I
pray
thee,
unto
her, Lo
, thou
hast
troubled
thyself
concerning
us
with
all this trouble ;
what --
to
do for thee
? is
it
to speak
for
thee
unto
the king ,
or unto
the head
of the host
? '
and
she
saith,
`In
the
midst
of
my people I
am
dwelling
. '
So
he asked
, “Then
what should
be
done
for her? ”
“Well
, she has
no son, ”
Gehazi
replied,
“
and her husband is old
. ”
And
he saith
, `And
what --
to
do
for her? '
and
Gehazi
saith
, `Verily
she hath
no son, and her husband `
is '
aged
. '
“
Call her ,”
said
Elisha.
So
Gehazi
called
her, and she stood
in
the doorway.
And
he
saith,
`
Call for
her ;'
and
he
calleth
for
her, and she standeth
at
the opening,
And Elisha
declared
, “
At this time next
year
, you
will
hold
a son in
your
arms.”
“No
, my lord, ”
she
said.
“Do
not
lie
to
your
maidservant,
O man of God. ”
and he
saith
, `
At this season,
according
to
the
time of
life
, thou
art
embracing
a son ;'
and
she
saith
, `Nay,
my lord, O man of God ,
do
not
lie
unto
thy
maid-servant
. '
But
the woman did
conceive,
and at
that
time
the
next
year
she
gave
birth
to
a son, just
as
Elisha had
told
her.
And
the woman conceiveth
and beareth
a son, at
this
season,
according
to
the
time
of
life,
that
Elisha spake
of
unto
her.
And the child
grew
, and one
day he went
out to
his father, who
was
with
the harvesters.
And the lad
groweth
, and the
day cometh
that
he goeth
out unto
his father, unto
the reapers,
“
My head !
My head !”
he complained
to
his
father.
So
his
father
told
a
servant
, “Carry
him to
his mother .”
and
he
saith
unto
his
father,
`
My head ,
my head ;'
and
he saith
unto
the
young
man
, `Bear
him unto
his mother ;'
After
the
servant
had
picked
him up
and carried
him to
his mother, the
boy
sat
on her lap
until
noon, and then
he
died
.
and
he
beareth
him ,
and bringeth
him in
unto
his mother, and
he
sitteth
on her knees
till
the
noon, and dieth
.
And she went
up and laid
him on the bed of the man of God .
Then
she
shut
the door and went
out .
And she goeth
up ,
and layeth
him on the bed of the man of God ,
and
shutteth
`
the door '
upon
him,
and goeth
out ,
And the
woman
called
her husband and said
, “Please
send me one of the servants
and one of the donkeys
, that
I may
go
quickly
to
the man of God and return. ”
and calleth
unto
her husband ,
and saith
, `
Send ,
I
pray
thee,
to
me ,
one of the young
men,
and one of the asses
, and
I run
unto
the man of God ,
and return. '
“Why
would
you
go
to
him today
? ”
he
replied.
“It
is
not
a
New Moon or
a
Sabbath .”
“Everything
is
all
right,”
she said.
And
he
saith,
`Wherefore
art
thou
going
unto
him to-day
? --
neither
new moon nor
sabbath !'
and
she saith,
`Peace
`to
thee'!'
Then
she saddled
the donkey
and told
her servant
, “Drive
onward;
do not slow
the
pace
for me unless
I tell
you
. ”
And
she saddleth
the ass,
and saith
unto
her young
man
, `Lead,
and
go,
do not restrain
riding
for me ,
except
I have
said
`so'
to
thee
. '
So
she set
out
and went
to
the man of God at
Mount
Carmel .
When
the man of God
saw
her at
a
distance
, he said
to
his
servant
Gehazi, “Look
, there
is
the
Shunammite woman.
And
she goeth,
and cometh
in
unto
the man of God ,
unto
the
hill
of
Carmel ,
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the man of God's
seeing
her from
over-against
, that
he saith
unto
Gehazi his
young
man
, `Lo
, this
Shunammite ;
Please
run
out
now to meet her and ask
, ‘Are
you
all
right
? Is your
husband all
right
? Is your
child
all
right
? ’”
And she answered
, “Everything
is
all
right
. ”
now ,
run,
I
pray
thee,
to meet her ,
and say
to
her
, Is
there
peace
to
thee
? is there
peace
to
thy
husband? is there
peace
to
the
lad
? '
and she saith
, `Peace
. '
When
she reached
the man of God at
the mountain
, she
clung
to
his feet .
Gehazi came
over
to push
her away, but
the man of God said
, “Leave
her alone, for her soul is in
deep
distress
, and the
LORD
has
hidden it from me and has
not told
me. ”
And
she cometh
in
unto
the man of God ,
unto
the hill
, and
layeth
hold
on
his feet ,
and
Gehazi cometh
nigh
to thrust
her away, and
the man of God saith
, `Let
her alone, for her soul `
is '
bitter
to
her
, and Jehovah
hath
hidden `
it '
from me ,
and hath
not declared
`it'
to
me. '
Then
she said
, “
Did I ask you
for
a son ,
my lord? Didn’t
I say, ‘
Do not deceive me? ’”
And
she saith
, `
Did I ask a son from
my lord? did
I not
say, Do not deceive me? '
So
Elisha
said
to Gehazi, “Tie
up your
garment
, take my staff in your
hand, and go !
If
you
meet anyone
, do
not greet
him ,
and if
anyone
greets
you
, do
not answer him .
Then
lay
my staff on the boy’s
face. ”
And
he
saith
to Gehazi, `Gird
up thy
loins
, and
take my staff in thy
hand, and go ;
when
thou
dost
meet a
man
, thou
dost
not salute
him ;
and when
a
man
doth
salute
thee
, thou
dost
not answer him ;
and
thou
hast
laid
my staff on the face of
the
youth
. '
And the mother of the boy
said
, “As
surely
as
the
LORD
lives
and
as
you
yourself
live
, I will
not
leave you.”
So
he got
up
and followed
her.
And the mother of the youth
saith
, `Jehovah
liveth
, and
thy
soul
liveth
--
if
I leave thee;'
and
he riseth
and goeth
after
her.
Gehazi went
on ahead
of
them and laid
the staff on the boy’s
face, but
there was
no sound
or
response.
So
he went
back to meet Elisha
and told
him, “
The boy
has
not awakened
. ”
And
Gehazi hath
passed
on before
them ,
and layeth
the staff on the face of
the
youth
, and
there is
no voice,
and
there
is
no
attention,
and
he turneth
back to meet him,
and declareth
to
him, saying,
`
The youth
hath
not awaked
. '
When
Elisha reached
the house, there
was
the boy
lying
dead on his bed .
And
Elisha cometh
in
to
the house, and
lo,
the youth
is
dead ,
laid
on his bed ,
So
he went
in ,
closed
the door behind
the
two
of
them, and prayed
to
the
LORD
.
and
he goeth
in and
shutteth
the door upon
them both
, and prayeth
unto
Jehovah
.
Then
Elisha
got
on
the
bed
and lay
on the boy
, mouth to
mouth, eye
to
eye
, and hand
to
hand.
As
he
stretched
himself out
over
him, the boy’s
body
became
warm .
And he
goeth
up,
and
lieth
down
on the lad
, and
putteth
his
mouth on
his
mouth, and
his
eyes
on
his
eyes
, and his
hands
on
his
hands,
and
stretcheth
himself upon
him, and
the flesh
of
the
lad
becometh
warm ;
Elisha
turned
away
and paced
back and forth
across
the
room.
Then
he
got
on
the bed
and stretched
himself out
over
the
boy
again
, and the boy
sneezed
seven times and opened
his eyes.
and he
turneth
back and walketh
in
the house,
once
hither
and once
thither,
and
goeth
up
and
stretcheth
himself upon
him
, and the youth
sneezeth
till
seven times ,
and the
youth
openeth
his eyes.
Elisha
summoned
Gehazi and said
, “
Call the
Shunammite woman.”
So
he called
her and she came.
Then
Elisha
said
, “Pick
up your
son. ”
And
he
calleth
unto
Gehazi ,
and saith
, `
Call unto
this
Shunammite ;'
and
he calleth
her ,
and she cometh
in
unto
him
, and
he
saith,
`Lift
up thy
son. '
She came
in, fell
at his feet, and bowed
to the ground.
Then
she
picked
up her son and went
out.
And
she goeth
in, and
falleth
at his feet, and boweth
herself
to the earth,
and
lifteth
up her son ,
and goeth
out.
When
Elisha returned
to Gilgal, there
was
a
famine in the land .
As
the sons of the prophets were
sitting at
his
feet
, he said
to his attendant
, “Put
on the large
pot and boil some
stew
for the sons of the prophets. ”
And
Elisha hath
turned
back
to Gilgal, and
the
famine `is'
in the land ,
and
the sons of the prophets are
sitting before
him
, and
he saith
to his young
man
, `Set
on the great
pot ,
and boil pottage
for the sons of the prophets. '
One of
them
went
out to
the field to gather herbs, and he
found
a wild
vine from
which
he
gathered
as
many
wild
gourds as
his garment could
hold.
Then
he
came
back
and cut
them up
into the pot of stew
, though
no
one
knew
what
they were.
And
one goeth
out unto
the field to gather herbs, and findeth
a vine of
the
field,
and
gathereth
of
it
gourds of
the
field
--
the
fulness
of
his garment --
and cometh
in
and
splitteth
`
them '
into the pot of pottage
, for
they knew
`them'
not;
And they poured
it
out for the men to eat, but
when
they
tasted
the stew
they cried out, “There
is
death in the pot, O man of God! ”
And they could
not eat it
.
and they pour
out for the men to eat, and
it
cometh
to
pass
at
their
eating
of
the pottage,
that
they have
cried out, and
say,
`
Death `is'
in the pot, O man of God! '
and they have
not been
able
to
eat.
Then
Elisha
said
, “Get
some
flour.”
He threw
it
into the pot and said
, “
Pour it
out for the people to
eat .”
And there was nothing
harmful
in the pot.
And
he
saith
, `Then
bring
ye
meal;'
and
he casteth
into the pot ,
and saith
, `
Pour out for the people ,
and
they
eat ;'
and there was no
evil
thing
in the pot.
Now
a man from Baal-shalishah came
to the man of God with
a
sack
of twenty loaves of barley bread
from
the
first
ripe
grain.
“
Give it
to the people to
eat
, ”
said
Elisha
.
And
a man hath
come
from Baal-Shalishah ,
and
bringeth
in
to the man of God bread
of first-fruits,
twenty loaves of barley ,
and
full
ears
of
corn
in
its
husk,
and
he
saith,
`
Give to the people, and
they
eat
. '
But
his servant
asked
, “How
am
I to
set
twenty
loaves
before a hundred men? ”
“
Give it
to the people to
eat, ”
said Elisha
, “for
this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘They
will
eat and have
some
left
over.’”
And
his minister
saith
, `What
--
do
I give
this
before a hundred men? '
and
he
saith,
`
Give to the people ,
and
they
eat, for
thus
said Jehovah
, Eat and leave;'
So
he set
it
before them, and they ate
and had
some
left
over
, according to the word of the
LORD
.
and
he giveth
before them, and they eat
and leave
, according to the word of Jehovah
.
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