2 Kings 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:3

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

KJV

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then he said, go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,.... For he perceived that she had none: even empty vessels; which they might more readily lend her: borrow not a few; but as many as she could get; the prophet, under a divine impulse, was directed to say this to her, foreseeing, by a spirit of prophecy, that a large quantity of oil would be given her.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

She must shut the door, to prevent interruptions from the creditors, and others while it was in the doing, that they might not seem proudly to boast of this miraculous supply, and that they might have opportunity for prayer and praise to God upon this extraordinary occasion. Observe, (1.) The oil was to be multiplied in the pouring, as the other widow's meal in the spending.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לְכִ֨י	le.Khi	go	H1980 →
שַׁאֲלִי־	sha.'a.li-	ask	H7592 →
לָ֤ךְ	lakh	for yourself
כֵּלִים֙	ke.Lim	vessels	H3627 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַח֔וּץ	ha.Chutz	the outside	H2351 →
מֵאֵ֖ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
שְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְ	shikh.ni.khe	neighbors your	H7934 →
כֵּלִ֥ים	ke.Lim	vessels	H3627 →
רֵקִ֖ים	re.Kim	empty	H7386 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃	tam.'I.ti	you make few	H4591 →

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
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.
Through
Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
leads to
- John 15:7
  If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Psalms 107:9
  For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Exodus 20:2
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- John 7:37
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Revelation 21:6
  And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.