2 Kings 4:9
“And shee said vnto her husband, Behold now, I perceiue that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by vs continually.”
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2 Kings 4:9 Context
7Then she came, and told the man of God: and he said, Goe, sell the oyle, and pay thy debt, and liue thou and thy children of the rest. 8¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and shee constrained him to eate bread: And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thither to eate bread. 9And shee said vnto her husband, Behold now, I perceiue that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by vs continually. 10Let vs make a litle chamber, I pray thee, on the wall, and let vs set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke: and it shall be when he commeth to vs, that hee shall turne in thither. 11And it fell on a day that hee came thither, and hee turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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Other Translations for 2 Kings 4:9
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
- King James Version
She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
- Basic English Bible
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
- Darby Bible
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passeth by us continually.
- Webster's Bible
She said to her husband, "See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
- World English Bible
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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And she said unto her husband: 'Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 4:9
4:9 This is - A prophet, and that of eminent holiness: by our kindness to whom, we shall procure a blessing to ourselves.