2 Kings 4:8 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

ASV Byzantine Text

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nito naah Elisha loe Shunam vangpui ah caeh; to vangpui ah paroeai ahmin kamthang nongpata maeto oh; to nongpata mah Elisha to buhcaak hanah kang khruek. To tiah oh pongah, anih Shuman vangpui ah phak kruek, to nongpata im ah buhcaak hanah a caeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hnin at ah Elisha te Shunem la cet. Teah te huta hlangrhoei pakhat om tih Elisha te buh ca la a hloh. Te dongah a pha takuem ah buh ca la pahoi duem.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hnin at ah Elisha te Shunem la cet. Teah te huta hlangrhoei pakhat om tih Elisha te buh ca la a hloh. Te dongah a pha takuem ah buh ca la pahoi duem.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A i kekahi la, hele aku la o Elisai i Sunema, a malaila he wahine koikoi, a koi mai la kela ia ia e ai i ka ai. A i kona manawa i hele ae ai ma ia wahi, kipa ae la ia malaila e ai i ka ai.

English Berean Standard Bible

One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yon jou, Elize t'ap pase lavil Chounèm kote te gen yon madanm ki te gen bon ti mwayen. Madanm lan fann dèyè l' pou li vin manje avè l'. Depi lè sa a, chak fwa Elize pase lavil Chounèm, se lakay madanm sa a l' al manje.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Facta est autem quædam dies, et transibat Eliseus per Sunam: erat autem ibi mulier magna, quæ tenuit eum ut comederet panem: cumque frequenter inde transiret, divertebat ad eam ut comederet panem.

Bible in Basic English

Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et, un jour, il arriva qu’Élisée passa par Sunem ; et il y avait là une femme riche, et elle le retint pour manger le pain. Et il se trouva que, chaque fois qu’il passait, il se retirait là pour manger le pain.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Potom stalo se některého času, že šel Elizeus skrze Sunem, kdež byla jedna žena vzácná, kteráž ho pozdržela, aby jedl u ní. A od toho času chodívaje tudy, stavoval se tam, a jídal chléb.

Kosraean Bible

Sie len ah Elisha el som nu Shunem, acn se ma sie mutan kasrup muta we. Mutan sac tuh solal elan welul mongo. Tukunna pacl sac me, pacl nukewa Elisha el ac som nu Shunem uh el ac som mongo in lohm sin mutan sac.

World Portuguese Bible

Certo dia, Eliseu foi a Suném, onde havia uma mulher importante; e ela o convenceu a comer pão. E assim foi que, sempre que ele passava por lá, entrava ali para comer pão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și s-a întâmplat într-o zi, că Elisei trecea pe la Sunem, unde era o femeie cu vază; și ea l-a constrâns să mănânce pâine. Și a fost astfel, că ori de câte ori el trecea, se abătea pe acolo să mănânce pâine.

Brenton English Septuagint

And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.

Burmese Common Language Bible

တစ်နေ့သ၌ဧလိရှဲသည်ရှုနင်မြို့သို့သွား၏။ ထိုမြို့တွင်ချမ်းသာကြွယ်ဝသောအမျိုးသမီး တစ်ဦးရှိ၏။ သူသည်ဧလိရှဲအားဖိတ်ခေါ်၍ ကျွေးမွေးဧည့်ခံ၏။ ထိုကြောင့်ထိုအချိန်မှ အစပြု၍ဧလိရှဲသည် ထိုမြို့သို့ရောက်သည့် အခါတိုင်းထိုအမျိုးသမီး၏အိမ်တွင်စား သောက်လေသည်။-

Darby Translation

And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und es geschah eines Tages, da ging Elisa nach Sunem hinüber; und daselbst war ein wohlhabendes Weib, und sie nötigte ihn, bei ihr zu essen. Und es geschah, sooft er durchzog, kehrte er dort ein, um zu essen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Het geschiedde ook op een dag, als Elisa naar Sunem doortrok, dat aldaar een grote vrouw was, dewelke hem aanhield om brood te eten. Voorts geschiedde het, zo dikwijls hij doortrok, week hij daarin, om brood te eten.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Toen Eliseus op zekere dag te Sjoenem kwam, werd hij daar door een voorname vrouw aan tafel genodigd. En wanneer hij in het vervolg daar voorbijkwam, ging hij er altijd heen, om te eten.

Italian Diodati Bible

Avvenne poi un giorno, ch'Eliseo passò per Sunem, e quivi era una possente donna, la quale lo ritenne con grande instanza a prender cibo; ed ogni volta ch'egli passava per Sunem, egli si riduceva là a prender cibo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And there was a day when Eliseus passed by Sunam: now there was a great woman there, who detained him to eat bread; and as he passed often that way, he turned into her house to eat bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.

Danish Bible 1931

Det skete en Dag, at Elisa på sin Vej kom til Sjunem. Der boede en velhavende Kvinde, som nødte ham til at spise hos sig; og hver Gang han senere kom forbi, tog han derind og spiste.

Leeser Tanakh

And it happened one day, that Elisha' passed over to Shunem, and there was a great woman, and she constrained him to eat bread; and it happened, that as oft as he passed by, he used to turn in thither to eat bread.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

King James Version

¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Một ngày kia, Ê-li-sê đi ngang qua đất Su-nem. ỳ đó, có một người đàn bà giàu, cầm người ở lại ăn bữa. Từ ấy, mỗi khi người đi ngang qua đó, thì vào nhà người đàn bà này mà dùng bữa.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Revised West Version

¶ Pea ko e ʻaho ʻe taha naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa ʻIlaisa ki Sunemi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ha fefine koloaʻia; pea naʻa ne taʻofi ia ke ne kai ha meʻa. Pea naʻe pehē, ʻilonga pe ʻa ʻene ʻalu atu ai naʻa ne foki atu ke kai mā ʻi ai.

French Ostervald Bible

Et il arriva un jour qu'Élisée passa à Sunem; et il y avait là une femme riche, qui le retint à manger le pain chez elle. Et, toutes les fois qu'il passait, il entrait là pour y manger le pain.

Esperanto Bible

Unu tagon Eliŝa venis Ŝunemon; tie estis unu riĉa virino, kiu retenis lin, ke li manĝu ĉe ŝi. Kaj ĉiufoje, kiam li venis, li iradis tien, por manĝi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Un jour Élisée passait par Sunem. Il y avait là une femme de distinction, qui le pressa d’accepter à manger. Et toutes les fois qu’il passait, il se rendait chez elle pour manger.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und es begab sich zu der Zeit, daß Elisa ging gen Sunem. Daselbst war eine reiche Frau; die hielt ihn, daß er bei ihr aß. Und so oft er daselbst durchzog, kehrte er zu ihr ein und aß bei ihr.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.

British English Septuagint 2012

And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.

Majority Standard BIble

One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

Webster Bible

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a distinguished woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Revised Version

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Or avvenne che un giorno Eliseo passava per Shunem, e c’era quivi una donna ricca che lo trattenne con premura perché prendesse cibo da lei; e tutte le volte che passava di là, si recava da lei a mangiare.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un jour, Élisée passa par Sunem. Une femme influente y habitait et insista pour qu'il prenne un repas chez elle. Dès lors, chaque fois qu'il passait par là, il s'y arrêtait pour manger.

Reina Valera 1909

Y aconteció también que un día pasaba Eliseo por Sunem; y había allí una mujer principal, la cual le constriñó á que comiese del pan: y cuando por allí pasaba, veníase á su casa á comer del pan.

Spanish BLL

Un día, cuando Eliseo pasaba por Sunem, una mujer muy rica de allí lo invitó a comer. Desde entonces, cada vez que él pasaba por ese lugar, se quedaba a comer en su casa.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Aconteció también que un día pasaba Eliseo por Sunem; y había allí una mujer distinguida, que le invitó a comer. Y así, cada vez que pasaba por allí, venía a su casa a comer.

Croatian Bible

Jednoga je dana Elizej prolazio kroza Šunam. A živjela ondje ugledna žena i ona ga pozva k stolu. Odonda, kad god prolazaše onuda, uvratio bi se k njoj na jelo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Posle toga jednom iđaše Jelisije kroz Sunam, a onde beše bogata žena, koja ga ustavi da jede hleba; i otada kad god prolažaše, navraćaše se k njoj da jede hleba.

German Textbibel

Eines Tags nun ging Elisa hinüber nach Sunem. Daselbst wohnte eine reiche Frau; die nötigte ihn, bei ihr zu speisen. So oft er nun vorüberkam, kehrte er dort ein, um zu speisen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And a day came, when Elisha passed over to Shunem, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיְהִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל־שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְשָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַתַּחֲזֶק־בּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכָל־לָ֑חֶם וַֽיְהִי֙ מִדֵּ֣י עָבְר֔וֹ יָסֻ֥ר שָׁ֖מָּה לֶאֱכָל־לָֽחֶם׃