3And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.


In Context

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him.

2 And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me to do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I thy handmaid have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me.

3 And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.

4 And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full take them away.

5 So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in.

2 Kings 4:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, |Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours — empty vessels — let them not be few;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.