2 Kings 4:40 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴⁰ They then served it to the men to eat. And it came to be, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “O man of Elohim, there is death in the pot!” And they were unable to eat it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they ate of the pottage, they cried out, O man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ The stew was served to the men, but as they started to eat it, they cried out and said, “There is death in that pot, man of God!” They couldn’t eat it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Then they poured it out for their companions to eat. And when they had tasted the mixture, they cried out, saying, "Death is in the cooking pot, O man of God!" And they were unable to eat.

2 Kings 4:40 Cross References

Genesis 25:29

And Yaʽ

1 Kings 17:18

And she said to Ě

2 Kings 1:11

He then sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men to him. And he answered and said to him, “Man of Elohim, this is what the sovereign said, ‘Come down at once!’ ”

2 Kings 1:13

And again he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Ě

2 Kings 1:9

He then sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he went up to him, and see, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, the sovereign has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

2 Kings 4:39

And one went out to the field to gather plants, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild cucumbers from it, filling the skirt of his garment, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were.

2 Kings 4:9

And she said to her husband, “Look, I know that this is a set-apart man of Elohim, who passes by us continually.

Exodus 10:17

“And now, please forgive my sin only this once, and pray to יהוה  your Elohim, that He would only turn away this death from me.”

Exodus 15:23

And they came to Marah, and they were unable to drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. So the name of it was called Marah.

Mark 16:18

they shall take up snakes, and if they drink any deadly drink it shall by no means hurt them, they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall get well.”

Deuteronomy 33:1

And this is the blessing with which Mosheh the man of Elohim blessed the children of Yisra’ĕ