2 Kings 6:31 (YLT)

Passage

And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:29 and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

2 Kings 6:30 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth <FI>is<Fi> on his flesh within.

2 Kings 6:31 And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.'

2 Kings 6:32 And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and <FI>the king<Fi> sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, `Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?'

2 Kings 6:33 He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, `Lo, this <FI>is<Fi> the evil from Jehovah: what--do I wait for Jehovah any more?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "thus", "doth", "add--if", "remain--the", and "head". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "thus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And it cometh to pass at the..." into verse 32's "And Elisha is sitting in his house...", so "saith" and "thus" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saith" and "thus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.