Verse 30

2 Kings 4:30

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30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ם הַ/נַּ֔עַר חַי יְהוָ֥ה וְ/חֵֽי נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֖ אִם אֶעֶזְבֶ֑/ךָּ וַ/יָּ֖קָם וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ

English Translation

And the mother of the boy said, "As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, if I leave you." And he rose and went after her.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Yo... Focus ↗

2 Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said,... Focus ↗

3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. Focus ↗

4 Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, puttin... Focus ↗

5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and s... Focus ↗

6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There a... Focus ↗

7 So she came to the man of God (Elohim) and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and g... Focus ↗

8 Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there... Focus ↗

9 And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God (Elohim), who comes by day aft... Focus ↗

10 So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a... Focus ↗

11 Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there. Focus ↗

12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came bef... Focus ↗

13 And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done... Focus ↗

14 So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no... Focus ↗

15 Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door. Focus ↗

16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No,... Focus ↗

17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as El... Focus ↗

18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut. Focus ↗

19 And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mo... Focus ↗

20 And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle o... Focus ↗

21 Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), shutting the door on him, and we... Focus ↗

22 And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quick... Focus ↗

23 And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is... Focus ↗

24 Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without ord... Focus ↗

25 So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God (Elohim). And when the man of God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

26 Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are... Focus ↗

27 And when she came to where the man of God (Elohim) was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet... Focus ↗

28 Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words? Focus ↗

29 Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come acr... Focus ↗

30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go ba...

31 And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no... Focus ↗

32 And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed. Focus ↗

33 So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord. Focus ↗

34 Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mou... Focus ↗

35 Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself... Focus ↗

36 And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice... Focus ↗

37 And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her ar... Focus ↗

38 And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prop... Focus ↗

39 And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the... Focus ↗

40 Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, an... Focus ↗

41 But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that... Focus ↗

42 Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God (Elohim), twe... Focus ↗

43 But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people... Focus ↗

44 So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
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