2 Kings 4:40
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
KJV
Infuderunt ergo sociis ut comederent : cumque gustassent de coctione, clamaverunt, dicentes : Mors in olla, vir Dei. Et non potuerunt comedere.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐνέχει τοῖς ἀνδράσιν φαγεῖν· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐσθίειν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ἑψέματος, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεβόησαν καὶ εἶπαν Θάνατος ἐν τῷ λέβητι, ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο φαγεῖν.
LXX
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
ASV
וַ/יִּֽצְק֥וּ לַ/אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֶ/אֱכ֑וֹל וַ֠/יְהִי כְּ/אָכְלָ֨/ם מֵ/הַ/נָּזִ֜יד וְ/הֵ֣מָּה צָעָ֗קוּ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מָ֤וֶת בַּ/סִּיר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ/לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לֶ/אֱכֹֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 10:17 — Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
- Exod 15:23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- Mark 16:18 — They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.