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2 Kings 7:2

But 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.”

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ASV

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

KJV

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030 →
הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁha.sha.Lishthe officerH7991 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whoH834 →
לַמֶּלֶךְ֩la.me.leKh[belonged] to the kingH4428 →
נִשְׁעָ֨ןnish.'An[who] was leaningH8172 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יָד֜וֹya.Dohand hisH3027 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376 →
הָאֱלֹהִים֮ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
וַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.Marand he saidH559 →
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עֹשֶׂ֤ה'o.Seh[is] makingH6213 →
אֲרֻבּוֹת֙'a.ru.bOtwindowsH699 →
בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064 →
הֲיִהְיֶ֖הha.yih.Yeh¿ will it happenH1961 →
הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe thingH1697 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הִנְּכָ֤הhi.ne.Khahhere youH2005 →
רֹאֶה֙ro.'Eh[are] about to seeH7200 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khawith own eyes yourH5869 →
וּמִשָּׁ֖םu.mi.Shamand from thereH8033 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תֹאכֵֽל׃ סto.Khelyou will eatH398 →

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Mark 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”Genesis 18:12–14So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”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.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.Numbers 11:23The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”Psalms 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.Romans 3:3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.Isaiah 7:9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”2 Kings 5:18Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”Psalms 78:19–21They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?Numbers 11:21–23But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’Hebrews 3:17–19And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?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.”2 Kings 7:19And 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!”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,Deuteronomy 3:27Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

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