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2 Kings 4:7

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

KJV

Venit autem illa, et indicavit homini Dei. Et ille : Vade, inquit, vende oleum, et redde creditori tuo : tu autem, et filii tui vivite de reliquo.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθεν καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν Ἐλεισαῖε Δεῦρο καὶ ἀπόδου τὸ ἔλαιον καὶ ἀποτίσεις τοὺς τόκους σου, καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου ζήσεσθε ἐν τῷ ἐπιλοίπῳ ἐλαίῳ.

LXX

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.

ASV

וַ/תָּבֹ֗א וַ/תַּגֵּד֙ לְ/אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִי֙ מִכְרִ֣י אֶת הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶן וְ/שַׁלְּמִ֖י אֶת נשי/כי נִשְׁיֵ֑/ךְ וְ/אַ֣תְּ בני/כי וּ/בָנַ֔יִ/ךְ תִֽחְיִ֖י בַּ/נּוֹתָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כי
ky
pronoun · 2×
ם
m
verb · 74×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
נּוֹתָר֙
nvtr
verb · 107×
שֶּׁ֖מֶן
shmn
noun · 191×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 4:9 — And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
  • 2Kgs 6:7 — Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
  • 2Thess 3:7 — For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;