2 Kings 4:9
What does 2 Kings 4:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 4:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she said to her husband: I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who often passeth by us.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man ofGod, who passes by us continually.
Context
v.8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
v.9This passage
v.10Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 31:10
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
- 1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;
- Titus 1:8
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
- 2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
- 1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
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