The Widow’s Oil
2 Kings 4:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
- KJV
- Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.borrow not…: or, scant not
- WEB
- Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
- ASV
- Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
- LSV
- And he says, “Go, ask [for] vessels for yourself from outside, from all your neighbors—empty vessels—let [them] not be few;
- YLT
- And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours — empty vessels — let [them] not be few;
- DBY
- And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
- DRC
- And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.
- GNV
- And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.
- JPS
- Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
- LXXE
- And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads שְׁכֵנָ֑כִי; read aloud (Qere) reads שְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְ (“neighbors your”).
- Written (Ketiv): שִׁכְנָכֵי. Read aloud (Qere): שְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְ (“neighbors your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִ֨י שַׁאֲלִי־לָ֤ךְ כֵּלִים֙ מִן־הַח֔וּץ מֵאֵ֖ת כָּל־שכנכי כֵּלִ֥ים רֵקִ֖ים אַל־תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃Read aloud as (qere): שְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְAdaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτήν, δεῦρο, αἴτησαι σεαυτῇ σκεύη ἔξωθεν παρὰ πάντων τῶν γειτόνων σκεύη κενὰ, μὴ ὀλιγώσῃς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 2:7Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
- John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- 2 Kings 13:18–19Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped. But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You…
- 2 Kings 3:16and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
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