2 Kings 4:38 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.”
2 Kings 4:38 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 4:38 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 4:38 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.””
2 Kings 4:38 — World English Bible
2 Kings 4:38 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. ”
2 Kings 4:38 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 4:38 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine <FI>is<Fi> in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, `Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'”
2 Kings 4:38 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 4:38 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. ”
2 Kings 4:38 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 4:38 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the land, and the children of the Prophets dwelt with him. And hee sayd vnto his seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the children of the Prophets.”
2 Kings 4:38 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 4:38 in Context — 2 Kings 4
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
What Does 2 Kings 4:38 Mean?
2 Kings 4:38 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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