2 Kings 4:40 “And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the st…”

2 Kings 4:40

And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

World English Bible

So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

American Standard Version

So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they powred out for the men to eate: and when they did eate of the pottage, they cryed out, and sayde, O thou man of God, death is in the pot: and they could not eate thereof.

Darby Translation

And they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out and said, Man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat [it].

Young's Literal Translation

and they pour out for the men to eat, and it cometh to pass at their eating of the pottage, that they have cried out, and say, 'Death [is] in the pot, O man of God!' and they have not been able to eat.

Bible in Basic English

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

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Cross references

“O thou”

2 Kings 4:9 2 Kings 1:11 2 Kings 1:13 Deuteronomy 33:1 1 Kings 17:18 2 Kings 1:9

2 Kings 4:9 · BSB

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.

2 Kings 1:11 · BSB

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

2 Kings 1:13 · BSB

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be preci…

Deuteronomy 33:1 · BSB

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

1 Kings 17:18 · BSB

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

2 Kings 1:9 · BSB

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

“death”

Mark 16:18 Exodus 10:17 Exodus 15:23

Mark 16:18 · BSB

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Exodus 10:17 · BSB

Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

Exodus 15:23 · BSB

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

41Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

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