2 Kings 7:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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."

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then the captain{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} the king{H4428} leaned{H8172} answered{H6030} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and said,{H559} Behold, if Jehovah{H3068} should make{H6213} windows{H699} in heaven,{H8064} might this thing{H1697} be? And he said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} it with thine eyes,{H5869} but shalt not eat{H398} thereof.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then a lord{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} the king{H4428} leaned{H8172}{(H8737)} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the man{H376} of God{H430}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, if the LORD{H3068} would make{H6213}{(H8802)} windows{H699} in heaven{H8064}, might this thing{H1697} be? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, thou shalt see{H7200}{(H8802)} it with thine eyes{H5869}, but shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} thereof.

  • 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.

  • 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 In this thing may the LORD pardon your servant, when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may the LORD pardon your servant in this thing.
  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
  • Gen 18:12-14 : 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand shortened? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass to you or not.
  • Deut 3:27 : 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
  • 2 Kgs 7:17-20 : 17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate: and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. 20 And so it happened to him: for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
  • 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
  • Ps 78:19-21 : 19 Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he struck the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.
  • Heb 3:17-19 : 17 But with whom was He grieved 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 not enter His rest, but to those who did not believe? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

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    16 And the people went out, and looted the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

    17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate: and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

    18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

    19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

    20 And so it happened to him: for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

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