2 Kings 4:7
New International Version
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

New Living Translation
When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

English Standard Version
She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Berean Standard Bible
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

New American Standard Bible
So she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

NASB 1995
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

NASB 1977
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Amplified Bible
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Christian Standard Bible
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”

American Standard Version
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 sons of the rest.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she came, she told the Prophet of God. And he said to her: “Go sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons will live on what is left over.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and thou shalt pay thy debts, and thou and thy sons shall live of the remaining oil.

Contemporary English Version
After she told Elisha what had happened, he said, "Sell the oil and use part of the money to pay what you owe the man. You and your sons can live on what is left."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she came, and told the man of God. And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor: and thou and thy sons live of the rest.

English Revised Version
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 sons of the rest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She went and told the man of God. He said, "Sell the oil, and pay your debt. The rest is for you and your children."

Good News Translation
She went back to Elisha, the prophet, who said to her, "Sell the olive oil and pay all your debts, and there will be enough money left over for you and your sons to live on."

International Standard Version
After this, she went and told the man of God what had happened. So he said, "Go sell the oil, pay your debt, and you and your children will be able to live on the proceeds."

JPS Tanakh 1917
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 sons of the rest.'

Literal Standard Version
And she comes and declares [it] to the man of God, and he says, “Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan; and you [and] your sons live off the rest.”

Majority Standard Bible
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

New American Bible
She went and told the man of God, who said, “Go sell the oil to pay off your creditor; with what remains, you and your children can live.”

NET Bible
She went and told the prophet. He said, "Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit."

New Revised Standard Version
She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your children can live on the rest.”

New Heart English Bible
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest."

Webster's Bible Translation
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 on the remainder.

World English Bible
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

Young's Literal Translation
And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, 'Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou and thy sons do live of the rest.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Widow's Oil
6When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

Cross References
1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

2 Kings 4:9
Then the woman said to her husband, "Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

2 Kings 4:21
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

2 Kings 6:9
Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there."


Treasury of Scripture

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your children of the rest.

pay

Psalm 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

debt.

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2 Kings 4
1. Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8. He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18. He restores her son when dead
38. At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42. He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves














(7) Then she came.--And she went in.

He said.--LXX., "Elisha said."

Thy debt.--Right. Margin incorrect.

And live thou and thy children.--Heb., and thou--thy sons--thou mayest live. Clearly "and" has fallen out before the second word. Many MSS. and all the versions have it.

Thou.--'Atti, an archaism, perhaps retained in the dialect of northern Israel (1Kings 14:2).

Of the rest.--On what is left over--i.e., of the price of the oil.

(8?37) The Shunammitess and her son.

Verse 7. - Then she came and told the man of God; i.e. Elisha (comp. vers. 9,16, 21, 22, etc.). She did not feel entitled to make use of the oil which she had got by his instrumentality without first telling him and receiving his directions respecting it. The prophet gave them with all plainness and brevity. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. The oil in the vessels was more than sufficient for the discharge of the debt. The prophet directs the woman to sell the whole, and, after satisfying the claim of her creditor with part of the money, to support herself and her children on the remainder.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
She went
וַתָּבֹ֗א (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and told
וַתַּגֵּד֙ (wat·tag·gêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

the man
לְאִ֣ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of God,
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and he said,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Go,
לְכִי֙ (lə·ḵî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

sell
מִכְרִ֣י (miḵ·rî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 4376: To sell

the oil
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶן (haš·še·men)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

and pay
וְשַׁלְּמִ֖י (wə·šal·lə·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

your debt,
נִשְׁיֵ֑ךְ (niš·yêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5386: A debt

and you
וְאַ֣תְּ (wə·’at)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and your sons
וּבָנַ֔יִךְ (ū·ḇā·na·yiḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

can live
תִֽחְיִ֖י (ṯiḥ·yî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

on the remainder.”
בַּנּוֹתָֽר׃ (ban·nō·w·ṯār)
Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve


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