2 Kings 2:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 2:10

“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

KJV

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

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Commentary

2 voices

Maximus of Turin

SERMON 84.2 (465)

Angels carry Elijah to heaven while angels guard Elisha on earth. Why is it so amazing if the angels who carried the master were also guarding the disciple? And what is noteworthy if the allegiance which they displayed toward the father they also offer to …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A hard thing - This is what is not in my power, God alone can give this; yet if thou see me taken away from thee, it shall be so. Perhaps this means no more than, “If thou continue with me till I am translated, God will grant this to thee;” for on the mere seeing or not seeing him in the moment in which he was taken away, this Divine gift could not depend.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הִקְשִׁ֣יתָ	hik.Shi.ta	you have made difficult	H7185 →
לִשְׁא֑וֹל	lish.'ol	to ask	H7592 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תִּרְאֶ֨ה	tir.'Eh	you will see	H7200 →
אֹתִ֜י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
לֻקָּ֤ח	lu.Kach	taken	H3947 →
מֵֽאִתָּךְ֙	me.'i.toKh	from with <the> you	H854 →
יְהִֽי־	ye.hi-	may it be	H1961 →
לְךָ֣	le.Kha	to you
כֵ֔ן	Khen	thus	H3651 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
אַ֖יִן	'A.yin	not	H369 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶֽה׃	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
leads to
- Matthew 7:7–8
  Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- James 4:2–3
  You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- John 15:11
  I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- John 16:23
  In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Through
2 Kings 2:12
As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
leads to
- 2 Kings 13:14
  When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen…
- 2 Corinthians 5:2
  For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- Proverbs 30:4
  Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth?…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings