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2 Kings 7:19

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

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ASV

and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof:

KJV

And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand he had answeredH6030 →
הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁha.sha.Lishthe officerH7991 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376 →
הָאֱלֹהִים֮ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
וַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.Marand he saidH559 →
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand here!H2009 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עֹשֶׂ֤ה'o.Seh[is] makingH6213 →
אֲרֻבּוֹת֙'a.ru.bOtwindowsH699 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064 →
הֲיִהְיֶ֖הha.yih.Yeh¿ will it happenH1961 →
כַּדָּבָ֣רka.da.Varaccording to the mannerH1697 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הִנְּךָ֤hi.ne.Khahere youH2005 →
רֹאֶה֙ro.'Eh[are] about to seeH7200 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khawith own eyes yourH5869 →
וּמִשָּׁ֖םu.mi.Shamand from thereH8033 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תֹאכֵֽל׃to.Khelyou will eatH398 →

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Malachi 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.Romans 4:20Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”Exodus 6:1But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Luke 1:20And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”Hosea 9:8The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!Psalms 78:23Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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