2 Kings 7:2

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 will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

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WEBBE

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.”

BSB

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.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

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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וַיַּעַן vai·ya·'an and he answered H6030 הַשָּׁלִישׁ ha·sha·lish the officer H7991 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- who H834 לַמֶּלֶךְ la·me·lekh [belonged] to the king H4428 נִשְׁעָן nish·'an [who] was leaning H8172 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 יָדוֹ ya·do hand his H3027 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אִישׁ 'ish [the] man of H376 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 וַיֹּאמַר vai·yo·mar and he said H559 הִנֵּה hi·neh here H2009 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עֹשֶׂה 'o·seh [is] making H6213 אֲרֻבּוֹת 'a·ru·bot windows H699 בַּשָּׁמַיִם ba·sha·ma·yim in the heavens H8064 הֲיִהְיֶה ha·yih·yeh ¿ will it happen H1961 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the thing H1697 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 הִנְּכָה hi·ne·khah here you H2005 רֹאֶה ro·'eh [are] about to see H7200 בְּעֵינֶיךָ be·'ei·nei·kha with own eyes your H5869 וּמִשָּׁם u·mi·sham and from there H8033 לֹא lo' not H3808 תֹאכֵל ס to·khel you will eat H398

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–2

Man's extremity is God's opportunity of making his own power to be glorious: his time to appear for his people is when their strength is gone. Unbelief is a sin by which men greatly dishonour and displease God, and deprive themselves of the favours he designed for them. Such will be the portion of those that believe not the promise of eternal life; they shall see it at a distance, but shall never taste of it. But no temporal deliverances and mercies will in the end profit sinners, unless they are led to repentance by the goodness of God.

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ProphecyIsrael, Prophecies ConcerningUnbeliefElisha

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