But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” So she just said, “It will be fine.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Why would you want go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s alright.”
- KJV And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
- BSB “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
- NKJV So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.”
- NLT “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will be all right.”
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Quick answer
Her husband questions the trip since it is no festival day, but she answers simply that all is well. Her faith presses forward without full explanation.
Overview
The husband notes it is no usual occasion to visit a prophet. Her reply, that it is well, conceals her grief and rests in hope. She refuses to be diverted from seeking God's man. Her composed faith trusts God before the outcome is seen.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Num 10:10“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”
- 1 Chr 23:31and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
- Num 28:11“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect;
- Isa 1:13–15Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.
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