Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
A man from Baal-shalishah
New American Standard Bible
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “
King James Version
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
International Standard Version
Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, "Give them to the people so they can eat."
A Conservative Version
And a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
American Standard Version
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
Amplified
Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.”
Bible in Basic English
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.
Darby Translation
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
Julia Smith Translation
And a man came from the lord of three, and he will bring to the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty of bread of barley, and garden fruits in his sack; and he will say, Give to the people, and they shall eat
King James 2000
And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A man came from Baal-Shalishah and brought food to the man of God: firstfruits and twenty loaves of barley bread, with ripe grain in his sack. He said, "Give [it] to the people and let them eat."
Modern King James verseion
And a man came from Baal-shalisha and brought the man of God bread from the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and full ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There came a man from Baalshalishah and brought the man of God bread of first fruits, even twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in a cloth he had. And Elisha bade put it before the people that they might eat. Then his minister said,
NET Bible
Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet -- twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat."
New Heart English Bible
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
The Emphasized Bible
And, a man, came in from Baal-Shalisha, and brought for the man of God firstfruit bread, twenty barley loaves, and garden grain in the husk thereof. And he said - Give to the people, that they may eat.
Webster
And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
World English Bible
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
Youngs Literal Translation
And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, 'Give to the people, and they eat.'
Themes
Agriculture » Products of » Barley
Baal-shalisha » A place near gilgal
Elisha » Miracles of » Increases the bread to feed one-hundred men
First fruits » Freewill offerings of, given to the prophets
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Interlinear
Lechem
Lechem
Karmel
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 4:42
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha Secures The Food
41
Then Elisha said, “Get some meal.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people to eat.” And there was nothing bad in the pot.
“Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat, and they will have some left over.’”
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:7
“Suppose we do go,” Saul said to his attendant, “what do we take the man? The food from our packs is gone, and there’s no gift to take to the man of God.
1 Samuel 9:4
Saul and his attendant went through the hill country of Ephraim
John 6:9
“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”
John 6:13
So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.
Exodus 23:16
Also observe the Festival of Harvest
Deuteronomy 8:8
a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Deuteronomy 12:6
You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions,
Deuteronomy 26:2-10
you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.
Deuteronomy 32:14
with the fat of lambs,
rams from Bashan, and goats,
with the choicest grains of wheat;
you drank wine from the finest grapes.
2 Kings 4:38
When Elisha returned to Gilgal,
2 Kings 7:1
Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, six quarts
2 Kings 7:16-18
Then the people went out and plundered the Aramean camp.
It was then that six quarts
2 Chronicles 11:13-14
The priests and Levites from all their regions throughout Israel took their stand with Rehoboam,
Proverbs 3:9-10
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
Matthew 14:16-21
Matthew 15:32-38
Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said,
1 Corinthians 9:11
If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
Galatians 6:6
The one who is taught the message must share