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2 Kings 7:192Kgs.7.19

And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et l'officier avait répondu à l'homme de Dieu: Quand l'Eternel ferait des fenêtres au ciel, pareille chose arriverait-elle? Et Elisée avait dit: Tu le verras de tes yeux; mais tu n'en mangeras point.

KJV

And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 139 (Migne)

    ebellis prophetae existeret, haec ab eodem viro Dei audivit: Videbis, inquit, et exinde non comedes (IV Reg. VII, 19) . Qui in incredulitate permanens, juxta verbum hominis Dei, sufficientiam alimentorum vidit, et in introitu portarum oppressus a populo interiit (ibid., 20) . Hau…

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