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II Kings 4:Verse 3

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Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

John 2:7John 2:7Psalms 81:10John 16:24Psalms 81:10
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What Does II Kings 4:3 Mean?

Detailed meaning and commentary

"The instruction to "Go, borrow vessels from everywhere... even empty vessels; do not gather a few" tests the widow’s faith through the scale of her pr..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

American Standard Version
ASV

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

American King James Version
AKJV

Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

And he saith, `Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighboursempty vesselslet them not be few;

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Do not borrow just a few.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Do not borrow just a few.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Do not borrow just a few.

Darby Translation
Darby

And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;

Webster Bible
Webster

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels, not a few.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And he said—Go, ask thee vessels, from without, of all thy neighbours,—empty vessels, let them not be few.

Literal Translation
LITV

And he said, Go, beg vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.

Modern King James
MKJV

And he said, Go, borrow vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.

Updated King James
UKJV

Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Then he said to her, “Go, ask for yourself some containers from the streets, from all your neighbors. ⌞You must collect as many empty containers as you can⌟!

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Revised Webster
RWebster

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

To whom he seide, Go thou, and axe bi borewyng of alle thi neiyboris voide vessels not fewe.

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