2 Kings 4:44
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
2 Kings 4:44 in other translations
| BSB | So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. |
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| WEB | So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to the LORD’s word. |
| ASV | So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah. |
| YLT | and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah. |
| DARBY | And he set it before them, and they ate and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah. |
| BBE | So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said. |
| Webster | So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of the LORD. |
What does 2 Kings 4:44 mean?
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…
2 Kings 4:44 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Kings 4:43
And 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.
- 2 Kings 4:44
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
2 Kings 4:44 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces él lo puso delante de ellos, y comieron, y sobróles, conforme á la palabra de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il le mit devant eux, et ils mangèrent, et ils en eurent de reste, selon la parole de l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er setzte es ihnen vor; und sie aßen und ließen übrig, nach dem Worte Jehovas. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Posuit itaque coram eis: qui comederunt, et superfuit juxta verbum Domini. |