2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

Psalms 34:19

34:19 The godly face many dangers,

but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

Hebrews 12:6

12:6For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.

Hebrews 12:10-11

12:10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 12:11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness 10  for those trained by it.

tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

tn Or “cried out.”

tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

tn The Hebrew text uses the singular form; the representative or typical godly person is envisioned.

tn Or “trials.”

tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal form highlights the generalizing statement and draws attention to the fact that the Lord typically delivers the godly.

tn Heb “him,” agreeing with the singular form in the preceding line.

sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.

tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”

10 tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”