The Widow’s Oil
2 Kings 4:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.
- ASV
- So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
- LSV
- And she goes from him, and shuts the door on her, and on her sons; they are bringing [them] near to her, and she is pouring [it] out,
- YLT
- 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,
- DBY
- And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
- DRC
- So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in.
- GNV
- So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they brought to her, and she powred out.
- JPS
- So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
- LXXE
- And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the vessels were filled.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads מֹיצָֽקֶת׃; read aloud (Qere) reads מוֹצָֽקֶת׃ (“[was] pouring out”).
- Written (Ketiv): מֵיצָקֶת׃. Read aloud (Qere): מוֹצָֽקֶת׃ (“[was] pouring out”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַתֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ מֵֽאִתּ֔וֹ וַתִּסְגֹּ֣ר הַדֶּ֔לֶת בַּעֲדָ֖הּ וּבְעַ֣ד בָּנֶ֑יהָ הֵ֛ם מַגִּשִׁ֥ים אֵלֶ֖יהָ וְהִ֥יא מיצקת׃Read aloud as (qere): מוֹצָֽקֶת
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπῆλθε παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέκλεισε τὴν θύραν καθʼ ἑαυτῆς καὶ κατὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς· αὐτοὶ προσήγγιζον πρὸς αὐτὴν, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐπέχεεν ἕως ἐπλήσθησαν τὰ σκεύη.
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- 2 Kings 5:11But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
- Hebrews 11:7–8By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham, when…
- 1 Kings 17:15–16So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word…
- Luke 1:45Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
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