Verse 2

The officer on whose arm the king was leaning replied to the man of God, "Even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of heaven, could this happen?" Elisha answered, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den offiseren som kongen lente seg til, svarte Guds mann og sa: 'Selv om Herren skulle lage åpninger i himmelen, kunne dette skje?' Elisja svarte: 'Du skal se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men en adelsmann som kongen lente seg til, svarte gudsmannen og sa: Se, om Herren skulle gjøre vinduer i himmelen, kunne dette skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• Norsk King James

  Da svarte en herre som kongen støtte på, Guds mann: Se, om Herren skulle åpne vinduer i himmelen, kan dette virkelig skje? Og han svarte: Se, du skal få se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke få smake på det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men en offiser som kongen støttet seg til, svarte Guds mann og sa: Selv om Herren åpnet vinduer i himmelen, kunne det vel skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal få se det med egne øyne, men ikke spise av det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den offiseren som kongen lente seg til, svarte Guds mann og sa: Selv om Herren gjorde vinduer på himmelen, kunne dette hende? Elisja sa: Du skal se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da svarte en herre, på hvis hånd kongen lente seg, Guds mann og sa: Se, selv om Herren skulle lage vinduer i himmelen, kan dette skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal se det med dine egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da svarte en herre, på hvis hånd kongen hvilte, til Guds mann og sa: Se, om Herren kunne lage vinduer i himmelen, kunne dette da være mulig? Og han svarte: Se med dine egne øyne, men du skal ikke få smake av det.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da svarte en herre, på hvis hånd kongen lente seg, Guds mann og sa: Se, selv om Herren skulle lage vinduer i himmelen, kan dette skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal se det med dine egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da svarte en av kongens offiserer som han lente seg på, og sa til Guds mann: Om Herren så gjorde luker i himmelen, kunne dette skje? Elisja sa: Du skal se det med dine egne øyne, men ikke spise av det.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da svarte den offiseren som kongen lente seg på til Guds mann og sa: Se, om Herren skulle lage luker i himmelen, kunne dette skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men en Høvedsmand, til hvis Haand Kongen hældede sig, svarede den Guds Mand og sagde: See, dersom Herren gjorde Vinduer paa Himmelen, mon dette Ord kunde skee? og han sagde: See, du skal see det med dine Øine og ikke æde deraf.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En adelsmann som kongen støttet seg til, svarte Guds mann og sa: Se, selv om Herren skulle lage vinduer i himmelen, kunne det så skje? Og han sa: Du skal få se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da svarte den kapteinen som kongen støttet seg på, Guds mann og sa: Se, dersom Herren åpner himmelens vinduer, kan dette da skje? Han sa: Se, du skal se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke få spise av det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kapteinen som kongen støttet seg til, svarte Guds mann: 'Se, om Herren skulle lage vinduer i himmelen, kunne dette skje?' Og han sa: 'Se, du skal få se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke spise av det.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da svarte den høvdingen som kongen lente seg på, Guds mann og sa: Se, om Herren gjorde vinduer i himmelen, kunne dette skje? Og han sa: Se, du skal få se det med egne øyne, men du skal ikke få spise av det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kapteinen som støttet seg til kongen sa til Guds mann: Selv om Herren laget vinduer i himmelen, kunne noe slikt skje? Og han sa: Du skal få se det med egne øyne, men du vil ikke få smake maten.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then a knyghte (vpon whose hande the kynge leaned) answered the ma of God, and sayde: And though the LORDE made wyndowes in heaue, how coulde soch a thinge come to passe? He saide: Beholde, thou shalt se it with thine eyes, & shalt not eate therof.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then a prince, on whose hande the King leaned, answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lorde would make windowes in the heauen, could this thing come to passe? And he said, Beholde, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then a certayne lorde (on whose hand the king leaned) aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Beholde, if the Lorde would make windowes in heaue, might this saying come to passe? He sayde: Behold, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, `Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be?' and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 5:18 : 18 But may the LORD forgive your servant in this one matter: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down, and he is leaning on my arm and I bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.'
• Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
• Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
• Rom 3:3 : 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Gen 18:12-14 : 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?' 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
• Num 11:21-23 : 21 But Moses said, 'Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and You say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month’? 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Or if all the fish in the sea were gathered for them, would that be enough?' 23 The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'
• Deut 3:27 : 27 ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west, north, south, and east. See it with your eyes, for you will not cross the Jordan.’
• 2 Kgs 7:17-20 : 17 Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house. 18 It happened just as the man of God had said to the king: "About this time tomorrow, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel and a seah of fine flour for a shekel at the gate of Samaria." 19 The officer had answered the man of God, "Look, even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?" The man of God had replied, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!" 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.'
• Ps 78:19-21 : 19 They spoke against God, saying, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?' 20 True, He struck the rock, and water gushed out, and streams overflowed. But can He also give us bread or provide meat for His people? 21 Therefore, when the Lord heard this, He became furious; a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger rose against Israel.
• Ps 78:41 : 41 Again and again they tested God and limited the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 7:9 : 9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
• Heb 3:17-19 : 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of their unbelief.