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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

2 Kings 4:9

Then said she unto her husband, Lo! I pray thee - I perceive that, a holy man of God, he is, - passing our way continually.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Shunammite;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Counsel;   Discernment-Dullness;   Home;   Insight;   Notable Women;   Perception, Spiritual;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Furniture;   Hospitality;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holiness;   Marriage;   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Stranger, Alien, Foreigner;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Shunem;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hospitality;  

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
And she said to her husband, Look now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
New Living Translation
She said to her husband, "I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.
English Revised Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
New Century Version
The woman said to her husband, "I know that this is a holy man of God who passes by our house all the time.
New English Translation
She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.
Webster's Bible Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] a holy man of God, who passeth by us continually.
World English Bible
She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
Amplified Bible
She said to her husband, "Behold, I sense that this is a holy man of God who frequently passes our way.
English Standard Version
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`Which womman seide to hir hosebonde, Y perseyue that this is an hooli man of God, that passith ofte bi vs;
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later the woman said to her husband, "I'm sure the man who comes here so often is a prophet of God.
American Standard Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
Bible in Basic English
And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
Complete Jewish Bible
She said to her husband, "I can see that this is a holy man of God who keeps stopping at our place.
Darby Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
Easy-to-Read Version
The woman said to her husband, "Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she said unto her husband: 'Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
King James Version (1611)
And shee said vnto her husband, Behold now, I perceiue that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by vs continually.
New Life Bible
She said to her husband, "Now I see that this is a holy man of God who is always passing by.
New Revised Standard
She said to her husband, "Look, I am sure that this man who regularly passes our way is a holy man of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.
George Lamsa Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that the prophet of God is a holy man who passes by us continually.
Good News Translation
She said to her husband, "I am sure that this man who comes here so often is a holy man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said to her husband: I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who often passeth by us.
Revised Standard Version
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she saide vnto her husband: Beholde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God which passeth by vs continually.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this is a holy man of God who comes over continually to us.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then she said to her husband, “I know that the one who often passes by here is a holy man of God,
Hebrew Names Version
She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
King James Version
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
Lexham English Bible
She said to her husband, "Please now, I know that he is a holy man of God who is passing our way regularly;
Literal Translation
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I know that he is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
Young's Literal Translation
and 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;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And she sayde vnto hir hu?bande: Beholde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God, which goeth euer thorow this waye,
THE MESSAGE
"I'm certain," said the woman to her husband, "that this man who stops by with us all the time is a holy man of God. Why don't we add on a small room upstairs and furnish it with a bed and desk, chair and lamp, so that when he comes by he can stay with us?"
New American Standard Bible
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I am aware that this is a holy man of God passing by us repeatedly.
New King James Version
And she said to her husband, "Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.
Legacy Standard Bible
And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.

Contextual Overview

8 And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread, - and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread. 9 Then said she unto her husband, Lo! I pray thee - I perceive that, a holy man of God, he is, - passing our way continually. 10 I pray thee, let us make a little upper chamber on the wall and set for him there - a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand, - so shall it be, when he cometh to us, that he can turn in thither. 11 And it came to pass, on a day, that he came thither, - so he turned aside into the upper chamber, and slept there. 12 Then said he unto Gehazi, his young man, Call this Shunammitess. And he called her, and she stood before him. 13 And he said to him - I pray thee, say unto her - Lo! thou hast cared for us with all this anxious care, what can be done for thee? Is it, that we should speak for thee, unto the king, or unto the general of the army? But she said, In the midst of mine own people, do, I, dwell. 14 So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old. 15 And he said - Call her. So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. 16 Then said he - At this season, about the time of spring, thou, shalt be embracing a son. And she said - Nay! my lord, thou man of God, do not delude thy maid-servant. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son, at this season, about the time of spring, when Elisha, had spoken unto her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she said: Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:11, 1 Peter 3:1

this is: Matthew 5:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, Titus 1:8, 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 3:2

man of God: Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24, 1 Timothy 6:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 14:6 - the man Judges 13:6 - A man 2 Kings 4:40 - O thou

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel, also, even, he, brought in of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat, and Yahweh approved of Abel and of his present;
Genesis 4:9
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, - from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto Yahweh - Greater is my punishment than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.
Genesis 37:32
and sent the long tunic and brought it in unto their father, and said This, have we found! Examine, we pray thee, whether it is the tunic of thy son, or not!
Psalms 9:12
When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
John 8:44
Ye, are, of your father - the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she said unto her husband,.... Not being willing to do any thing without his leave and consent:

behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually: and calls here frequently: this she perceived by his discourse and conversation; and by his carriage and behaviour he appeared to be a prophet, and one very eminent for holiness and religion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 4:9. 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.


 
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