and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”
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and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”
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And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof';
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- 2 Kings 7:2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 7:19 And that lord answered the man of…
2Ki 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Ver. 19. See on 2Ki 7:2.
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Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes.] The like misery shall befall reprobates at the last day; {Luk 13:28} they shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and themselves thrust out.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so it fell out unto him,.... As the…
And so it fell out unto him,.... As the prophet predicted:
for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died; See Gill on Kg2 7:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) That lord.—The adjutant.
(19) That lord.—The adjutant.
Now.—And.
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Might such a thing be?—Literally, Might it happen according to this word? But the LXX., Syriac, and Vulg.,with many Hebrew MSS., read, as in 2Ki_7:2, “Might this thing (or word) be?”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And that lord answered the man of God, and…
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, hut shalt not eat thereof (see the comment on the preceding verse).
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