2 Kings 4:3
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.In other versions
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
ASV
Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.
BBE
And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
DBY
Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
WEB
And he saith, `Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let `them' not be few;
YLT
Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
ENG
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
WBT
“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
BSB
In context
1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.