2 Kings 4:39

KJV

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

— 2 Kings 4:39, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 4 connects to 4 cross-references. Elisha multiplies a widow's jar of oil to pay her debts and save her sons from slavery. He promises a barren Shunammite woman a son; years later the boy dies and Elisha raises him by lying on him twice. He …

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Other Translations

ASV

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

YLT

And one goeth out unto the field to gather herbs, and findeth a vine of the field, and gathereth of it gourds of the field--the fulness of his garment--and cometh in and splitteth <FI>them<Fi> into the pot of pottage, for they knew <FI> them<Fi> not;

BBE

And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.

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