2 Kings 7:2

Translations

Modern

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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the officer, whom the king on his hand leaned, answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if YHWH would make windows in the heavens, could this thing come to pass?” And he said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, and from there you shall not eat.”

Latin

Respondens unus de ducibus, super cujus manum rex incumbebat, homini Dei, ait: Si Dominus fecerit etiam cataractas in cælo, numquid poterit esse quod loqueris? Qui ait: Videbis oculis tuis, et inde non comedes.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.”

Notes

2 Kings 7:2

Joram's officer did not believe, so he missed out on God's blessings.

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

Related verses

Malachi 3:10
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.
Genesis 7:11
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.
Genesis 18:12–14
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
2 Timothy 2:13
…if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Romans 3:3
What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Psalm 78:41
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kings 5:18
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 this matter.”
2 Chronicles 20:20
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; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Psalm 78:19–21
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Isaiah 7:9
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.’”
Numbers 11:21–23
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.’
Hebrews 3:17–19
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Glossary

Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Malachi, Book of Samaria

Topics

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Elisha Predicted Plenty In Elisha: Prophecies of The Death of the Unbelieving Prince Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Death of the Samaritan Lord Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The End of the Famine in Samaria The Unexpected Unbelief: A Samaritan Lord Unbelief: Exhibited in Questioning the Power of God Unbelief: Samaritan Lord

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