2 Kings 4:16 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:16

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.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.

KJV

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt embrace a son - This promise, and the circumstances of the parties, are not very dissimilar to that relative to the birth of Isaac, and those of Abraham and Sarah. Do not lie - That is, Let thy words become true; or, as the rabbins understand it, Do not mock me by giving me a son that shall soon be removed by death; but let me have one that shall survive me.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד	la.mo.'Ed	to the appointed time	H4150 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
כָּעֵ֣ת	ka.'Et	about the time	H6256 →
חַיָּ֔ה	chai.Yah	living	H2416 →
אַ֖תְּ	'a.ti	you	H859 →
חֹבֶ֣קֶת	cho.Ve.ket	[will be] embracing	H2263 →
בֵּ֑ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אַל־	'al-	may [you] not	H408 →
אֲדֹנִי֙	'a.do.Ni	O lord my	H113 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	O man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּכַזֵּ֖ב	te.kha.Zev	you tell a lie	H3576 →
בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃	be.shif.cha.Te.kha	to maidservant your	H8198 →

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

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
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:21
  So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
- Acts 10:31
  and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Psalms 113:9
  He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- Genesis 25:21
  Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- Psalms 127:3–5
  Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Through
Genesis 18:10
Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the…
leads to
- Genesis 21:2
  So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
- Genesis 17:21
  But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Romans 9:8–9
  So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.