2 Kings 4 · Verse 41

2 Kings 4:41

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
2 Kings 4:41, King James Version

2 Kings 4:41 in other translations

BSBThen Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
WEBBut he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
ASVBut he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
YLTAnd he saith, ‘Then bring ye meal;' and he casteth into the pot, and saith, ‘Pour out for the people, and they eat;' and there was no evil thing in the pot.
DARBYAnd he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
BBEBut he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.
WebsterBut he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

What does 2 Kings 4:41 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Bring meal - Though this might, in some measure, correct the strong acrid and purgative quality; yet it was only a miracle which could make a lapful of this fruit shred into pottage salutary.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 4:38-44

There was a famine of bread, but not of hearing the word of God, for Elisha had the sons of the prophets sitting before him, to hear his wisdom. Elisha made hurtful food to become safe and wholesome. If a mess of pottage be all our dinner, remember that this great prophet had no better for himself and his guests. The table often becomes a snare, and that which should be for our welfare, proves a trap: this is a good…

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2 Kings 4:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
וּקְחוּ\־u.ke.chu-and fetchH3947
קֶ֔מַחKe.machflourH7058
וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְvai.yash.Lekhand he threw [it]H7993
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַסִּ֑ירha.Sirthe potH5518
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
צַ֤קtzakpour [it] outH3332
לָעָם֙la.'Amfor the peopleH5971
וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּve.yo.Khe.luso they may eatH398
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
הָיָ֛הha.Yahit wasH1961
דָּבָ֥רda.Vara thingH1697
רָ֖עra'badH7451
בַּסִּֽיר\׃\ \סba.Sirin the potH5518

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 4:41

  • Exodus 15:25

    And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

  • 2 Kings 2:21

    And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:25

    Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

  • Acts 28:5

    And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

  • 2 Kings 5:10

    And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

  • 2 Kings 6:6

    And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

  • John 9:6

    When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he cast.
2:21; 5:10; 6:6; Ex 15:25; Joh 9:6; 1Co 1:25
there.
Ac 28:5
harm. Heb. evil thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 4:40

    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.

  • 2 Kings 4:41

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

  • 2 Kings 4:42

    And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

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2 Kings 4:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El entonces dijo: Traed harina. Y esparcióla en la olla, y dijo: Echa de comer á la gente. Y no hubo más mal en la olla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il dit: Apportez de la farine. Et il la jeta dans la marmite, et dit: Verses-en à ce peuple, et qu’ils mangent. Et il n’y avait rien de mauvais dans la marmite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach er: So holet Mehl her! Und er warf es in den Topf und sprach: Schütte es aus für die Leute, daß sie essen. Und es war nichts Schlimmes mehr im Topfe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		At ille: Afferte, inquit, farinam. Cumque tulissent, misit in ollam, et ait: Infunde turbæ, ut comedant. Et non fuit amplius quidquam amaritudinis in olla.