Translations
Modern
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
Traditional
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Literal
And that officer had answered the man of God and said, “And behold, if YHWH should make windows in the heavens, could this word come to pass?” And he had said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, and from there you shall not eat.”
Latin
…quando responderat dux ille viro Dei, et dixerat: Etiamsi Dominus fecerit cataractas in cælo, numquid poterit fieri quod loqueris? Et dixit ei: Videbis oculis tuis, et inde non comedes.
Original
Hebrew
English
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
Notes
Repeating Elisha's earlier talk with Joram's officer highlights how the prophecy came true exactly as predicted.
Events
Glossary
Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Malachi, Book of Samaria
Topics
Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Remarkable Plenty In, As Foretold by Elisha Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Death of the Samaritan Lord