3Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.
3Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.
1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord . But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves."
2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."
3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.
4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side."
5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:3And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:3And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:3Then he said, |Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few.
4:3And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours — empty vessels — let them not be few;
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.