2 Kings 7:2 “But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God,…”

2 Kings 7:2

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then a prince, on whose hande the King leaned, answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lord 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.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“a lord, etc”

2 Kings 5:18

2 Kings 5:18 · BSB

Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in t…

“if the Lord”

Genesis 18:12–14 Psalm 78:41 Numbers 11:21–23 Psalm 78:19–21

Genesis 18:12–14 · BSB

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Psalm 78:41 · BSB

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Numbers 11:21–23 · BSB

But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

Psalm 78:19–21 · BSB

They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

“windows”

Genesis 7:11 Malachi 3:10

Genesis 7:11 · BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Malachi 3:10 · BSB

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

“thou shalt see it”

Romans 3:3 2 Timothy 2:13 2 Chronicles 20:20 Isaiah 7:9 Hebrews 3:17–19 Deuteronomy 3:27

Romans 3:3 · BSB

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

2 Timothy 2:13 · BSB

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

2 Chronicles 20:20 · BSB

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; beli…

Isaiah 7:9 · BSB

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

Hebrews 3:17–19 · BSB

And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Deuteronomy 3:27 · BSB

Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

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

In context

1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

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