43His servant said, |What, should I set this before a hundred men?| But he said, |Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Yahweh, 'They will eat, and will have some left over.'|


In Context

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, |Man of God, there is death in the pot!| They could not eat of it.

41 But he said, |Then bring meal.| He cast it into the pot; and he said, |Pour out for the people, that they may eat.| There was no harm in the pot.

42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, |Give to the people, that they may eat.|

43 His servant said, |What, should I set this before a hundred men?| But he said, |Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Yahweh, 'They will eat, and will have some left over.'|

44 So he set it before them, and they ate, and left some of it, according to the word of Yahweh.

2 Kings 4:43 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:43"How can I set this before a hundred men?" his servant asked. But Elisha answered, "Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the Lord says: 'They will eat and have some left over.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave [thereof. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servant answered him: How much is this, that I should set it before a hundred men? He said again: Give to the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord: They shall eat, and there shall be left.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:43And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servant said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave of it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:43And his minister saith, 'What — do I give this before a hundred men?' and he saith, 'Give to the people, and they eat, for thus said Jehovah, Eat and leave;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus said the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.