Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageElisha said, 'Bring some flour.' He threw it into the pot and said, 'Serve it to the men—let them eat.' And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe said, 'Bring some flour.' He threw it into the pot and said, 'Pour it out for the people, that they may eat.' And there was no harm in the pot.
KJV
King James VersionBut he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThen Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Footnotes
Flour (*qemach*, קֶמַח) has no known chemical property that neutralises colocynth toxins—the miracle lies in the prophetic word, not the substance. The same pattern appears when Elisha cast salt into the bitter spring at Jericho (2 Kings 2:20–21): an ordinary element, an extraordinary word. This recurring motif—common matter becoming the vehicle of divine restoration—anticipates the bread and wine through which Messiah would enact the new covenant. FOG and FOG Message both preserve the ordinariness of the flour to honour the pattern.