2 Kings 4:10
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
KJV
Faciamus ergo ei cœnaculum parvum, et ponamus ei in eo lectulum, et mensam, et sellam, et candelabrum, ut cum venerit ad nos, maneat ibi.
Vulgate
ποιήσωμεν δὴ αὐτῷ ὑπερῷον, τόπον μικρόν, καὶ θῶμεν αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ κλίνην καὶ τράπεζαν καὶ δίφρον καὶ λυχνίαν· καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐκεῖ.
LXX
Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
ASV
נַֽעֲשֶׂה נָּ֤א עֲלִיַּת קִיר֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְ/נָשִׂ֨ים ל֥/וֹ שָׁ֛ם מִטָּ֥ה וְ/שֻׁלְחָ֖ן וְ/כִסֵּ֣א וּ/מְנוֹרָ֑ה וְ/הָיָ֛ה בְּ/בֹא֥/וֹ אֵלֵ֖י/נוּ יָס֥וּר שָֽׁמָּ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
- Matt 10:41 — He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
- Matt 25:40 — And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
- Rom 12:13 — Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.