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Berean Standard Bible

“Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.””

2 Kings 4:10

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A well-to-do woman of Shunem has regularly provided meals for Elisha as he passes through. She notices that he is a holy man of God.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

World English Bible (WEB)

Please let us make a little room on the roof. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”

King James Version (KJV)

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Yo te ruego que hagas una pequeña cámara de paredes, y pongamos en ella cama, y mesa, y silla, y candelero, para que cuando viniere á nosotros, se recoja en ella.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Hagamos una habitación en la terraza para que, cada vez que venga al pueblo, se quede ahí. Podemos poner una cama, una mesa, una silla y una lámpara. Así, cuando venga, tendrá un lugar donde quedarse».

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