5She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.


In Context

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.

7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."

2nd Kings 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought [the vessels] to her; and she poured out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and she poured in.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought the containers to her, and she poured out.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.