2 Kings 4:2
And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me to do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I thy handmaid have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:12And she answered: As the Lord thy God liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal in a pot, and a little oil in a cruse: behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
2 Kings 6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.
John 6:5When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:2-8
The Increase of the Widow's Oil. ( b. c. 894.) 1 Now 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. 2 And 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. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad… Read the whole commentary →