2 Kings 4 · Verse 9

2 Kings 4:9

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
2 Kings 4:9, King James Version

2 Kings 4:9 in other translations

BSBThen the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
WEBShe said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
ASVAnd she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
YLTand 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;
DARBYAnd she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
BBEAnd she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
WebsterAnd she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passeth by us continually.

What does 2 Kings 4:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 This is a holy man of God - That is, a prophet, as the Chaldee interprets it. Which passeth by us continually - It probably lay in his way to some school of the prophets that he usually attended.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 4:8-17

Elisha was well thought of by the king of Israel for his late services; a good man can take as much pleasure in serving others, as in raising himself. But the Shunammite needed not any good offices of this kind. It is a happiness to dwell among our own people, that love and respect us, and to whom we are able to do good. It would be well with many, if they did but know when they are really well off. The Lord sees…

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2 Kings 4:9 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.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אִישָׁ֔הּ'i.Shahhusband herH376
הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
יָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
כִּ֛יkithatH3588
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[is] a man ofH376
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
קָד֣וֹשׁka.Do.oshholyH6918
ה֑וּאHu'heH1931
עֹבֵ֥ר'o.Ver[who] passes byH5674
עָלֵ֖ינוּ'a.Lei.nuat usH5921
תָּמִֽיד\׃ta.MidcontinuallyH8548

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 4:9

  • 1 Kings 17:24

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

  • Proverbs 31:10-11

    Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

  • 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 children of the rest.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:10

    Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

  • Titus 1:8

    But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

  • 1 Kings 17:18

    And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

  • Matthew 5:16

    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  • 1 Peter 3:1

    Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

  • Deuteronomy 33:1

    And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
she said.
Pr 31:10,11; 1Pe 3:1
this is.
Mt 5:16; 1Th 2:10; Tit 1:8; 2Pe 1:21; 3:2
man of God.
De 33:1; 1Ki 13:1; 17:18,24; 1Ti 6:11

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Context

  • 2 Kings 4:8

    And 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.

  • 2 Kings 4:9

    And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

  • 2 Kings 4:10

    Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

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2 Kings 4:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ella dijo á su marido: He aquí ahora, yo entiendo que éste que siempre pasa por nuestra casa, es varón de Dios santo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle dit à son mari: Voici, je connais que c’est un saint homme de Dieu qui passe chez nous continuellement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sprach zu ihrem Manne: Siehe doch, ich merke, daß dieser ein heiliger Mann Gottes ist, der beständig bei uns durchzieht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quæ dixit ad virum suum: Animadverto quod vir Dei sanctus est iste, qui transit per nos frequenter.