2nd Kings Chapter 4 verse 4 Holy Bible
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
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Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.
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and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.
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And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
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And when thou hast come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
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You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and you shall set aside that which is full.
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and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons. The miracle was to be performed secretly. Attention was not to be called to it - perhaps because otherwise the prophet would have been overwhelmed with applications from others; perhaps because the act was not a mere mechanical one, but required that, during its performance, the hearts of the woman and of her sons should be lifted up in prayer and adoration and thankfulness to God for the mercy which he was bestowing. Interruption from without would have interfered with the frame of mind which was befitting the occasion. Compare our Lord's secret performance of many miracles. And shalt pour out into all those vessels - i.e. those which thou shalt have borrowed - and thou shalt set aside that which is full; i.e. as each vessel is filled, it shall be removed and set aside, and one of the empty vessels substituted - that the pouring might be continuous.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) And when . . . thou shalt shut.--And go in and shut the door. The object was to avoid disturbance from without; perhaps, also, because publicity was undesirable in the case of such a miracle. (Comp. our Lord's injunction of secrecy on those whom He healed, and His exclusion of the people, in Luke 8:51; Luke 8:54.)Thou shalt set aside.--By the help of thy sons (2Kings 4:5-6).
