4Then 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."


In Context

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.

6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing.

2nd Kings 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And when thou hast come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those containers; and you shall set aside that which is full.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full.