2 Kings 4:4

Contemporary English Version

go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.”

Hebrew Names Version
You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

King James Version
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

English Standard Version
Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside."

New Century Version
Then go into your house and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and set the full ones aside."

New English Translation
Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it."

Amplified Bible
"Then you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out [the oil you have] into all these containers, and you shall set aside each one when it is full."

New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall come in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour into all these containers; and you shall set aside what is full."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, & set aside those that are full.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then go in; shut the door, with you and your sons inside; and pour oil into all those containers; and as they are filled, put them aside."

Darby Translation
and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then go to your house and close the doors. Only you and your sons will be in the house. Then pour the oil into all the bowls. Fill them, and put them in a separate place."

George Lamsa Translation
And then go in, and shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and pour out into all these vessels; and the vessel which is full bring up to me.

Good News Translation
"Then you and your sons go into the house, close the door, and start pouring oil into the jars. Set each one aside as soon as it is full."

Lexham English Bible
You must also go and shut the door behind you and your children, and you must pour out oil into all of these containers and set the filled ones aside."

Literal Translation
And you shall go in and shut the door on you, and on your sons, and shall pour out into all these vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and go in, and shut ye dore behynde the with thy sonnes, and poure of it in to all ye vessels: & whan thou hast fylled them, delyuer them forth.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Bible in Basic English
Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore after thee and after thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels: and set asyde that which is full.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.'

King James Version (1611)
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee, and vpon thy sonnes, and shalt powre out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt go in and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and thou shalt pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Berean Standard Bible
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And entre, and close thi dore, whanne thou art with ynne, thou and thi sones; and putte ye therof in to alle these vessels; and whanne tho schulen be ful, thou schalt take awei.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'

Update Bible Version
And you shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when thou hast come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

World English Bible
You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.

New King James Version
And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones."

New Living Translation
Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled."

New Life Bible
Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour the oil into all these jars, and set aside each one that is full."

New Revised Standard
Then go in, and shut the door behind you and your children, and start pouring into all these vessels; when each is full, set it aside."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when thou hast come in, then shalt thou shut the door behind thee and behind thy sons, and shalt pour out into all these vessels, - and, that which is full, shalt thou set aside.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full, take them away.

Revised Standard Version
Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full."

Contextual Overview

¹ One day the widow of one of the Lord 's prophets said to Elisha, "You know that before my husband died, he was a follower of yours and a worshiper of the Lord . But he owed a man some money, and now that man is on his way to take my two sons as his slaves." ² "Maybe there's something I can do to help," Elisha said. "What do you have in your house?" "Sir, I have nothing but a small bottle of olive oil." ³ Elisha told her, "Ask your neighbors for their empty jars. And after you've borrowed as many as you can, ⁴ go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it." ⁵ The woman left. Later, when she and her sons were back inside their house, the two sons brought her the jars, and she began filling them. ⁶ At last, she said to one of her sons, "Bring me another jar." "We don't have any more," he answered, and the oil stopped flowing from the small bottle. ⁷ 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."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou shalt shut: 2 Kings 4:32, 2 Kings 4:33, 1 Kings 17:19, 1 Kings 17:20, Isaiah 26:20, Matthew 6:6, Mark 5:40, Acts 9:40

and shalt pour: Mark 6:37-44, Mark 8:5-9, John 2:7-9, John 6:11, Ephesians 3:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:16 - the Mark 7:33 - he took Luke 8:51 - he suffered

Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
But Cain had to go far from the Lord and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.

Genesis 4:19
Lamech married Adah, then Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
Lamech and Adah had two sons, Jabal and Jubal. Their son Jabal was the first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats. Jubal was the first to play harps and flutes.

Genesis 15:17
Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot and a flaming fire went between the two halves of each animal.

Exodus 13:12
From then on, you must give him every first-born son from your families and every first-born male from your animals, because these belong to him.

Leviticus 9:24
The Lord sent fiery flames that burned up everything on the altar, and when everyone saw this, they shouted and fell to their knees to worship the Lord .

Numbers 16:35
Suddenly the Lord sent a fire that burned up the two hundred fifty men who had offered incense to him.

Numbers 18:12
For example, when the Israelites bring me the first batches of oil, wine, and grain, you can have the best parts of those gifts.

Numbers 18:17
However, all first-born cattle, sheep, and goats belong to me and cannot be bought back. Splatter their blood on the altar and send their fat up in smoke, so I can smell it and be pleased.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when thou art come in,.... Into her house:

thou shall shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons; that they might be alone in the house while the miracle was working; that they might not be interrupted in what they were to do, by the creditor coming in upon them, or by neighbours, who would be for getting the oil from them in the vessels they had lent them: and that the miracle might appear the plainer, no oil being brought into the house by any:

and shalt pour out into all these vessels; out of the single pot of oil into all they borrowed:

and thou shalt set aside that which is full; by itself, and fill the rest of the empty ones.