Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. Treasury of Scripture empty vessels 2 Kings 3:16 And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. John 2:7 Jesus said to them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. borrow not a few [heb] scant not 2 Kings 13:18,19 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground. And he smote thrice... Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. John 16:24 Till now have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Context Elisha Multiplies the Widow's Oil
1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take to him my two sons to be slaves. 2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full. 5So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your children of the rest. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.
Darby Bible Translation
And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
King James Bible
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let them not be few;
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