NET Bible
"He said,“Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can."
— 2 Kings 4:3, NET Bible
“Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
“Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. ”
“Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few.”
“And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels, not a few.”
“Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.”
“Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying,“Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
Elisha said to her,“What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered,“Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”
He said,“Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can.
Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it.”
So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.
When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons,“Bring me another container.” But he answered her,“There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing.