Verse 31

2 Kings 4:31

New Living Translation

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31 Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/גֵחֲזִ֞י עָבַ֣ר לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֗ם וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם אֶת הַ/מִּשְׁעֶ֨נֶת֙ עַל פְּנֵ֣י הַ/נַּ֔עַר וְ/אֵ֥ין ק֖וֹל וְ/אֵ֣ין קָ֑שֶׁב וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב לִ/קְרָאת/וֹ֙ וַ/יַּגֶּד ל֣/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א הֵקִ֖יץ הַ/נָּֽעַר

English Translation

And Gehazi passed before them and placed the staff on the face of the boy, but there was no voice and no response. He returned to meet him and told him, saying, "The boy has not awakened."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who... Focus ↗

2 “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all... Focus ↗

3 And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. Focus ↗

4 Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask... Focus ↗

5 So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. Focus ↗

6 Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “The... Focus ↗

7 When she told the man of God (Elohim) what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and... Focus ↗

8 One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to... Focus ↗

9 She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God (El... Focus ↗

10 Let’s build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp... Focus ↗

11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest. Focus ↗

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her.” When she appeare... Focus ↗

13 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do... Focus ↗

14 Later Elisha asked Gehazi, “What can we do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She doesn’t have a son, and he... Focus ↗

15 “Call her back again,” Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in... Focus ↗

16 “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!” “No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of... Focus ↗

17 But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son,... Focus ↗

18 One day when her child was older, he went out to help his father, who was working with the harvester... Focus ↗

19 Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carr... Focus ↗

20 So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died. Focus ↗

21 She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), then shut the door and left h... Focus ↗

22 She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the... Focus ↗

23 “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will... Focus ↗

24 So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, “Hurry! Don’t slow down unless I tell you to.” Focus ↗

25 As she approached the man of God (Elohim) at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said t... Focus ↗

26 Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?’”... Focus ↗

27 But when she came to the man of God (Elohim) at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and... Focus ↗

28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? And didn’t I say, ‘Don’t deceive me and get my hop... Focus ↗

29 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel ; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along... Focus ↗

30 But the boy’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won’t go home unles... Focus ↗

31 Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no s...

32 When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed. Focus ↗

33 He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. Focus ↗

34 Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’... Focus ↗

35 Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on t... Focus ↗

36 Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. “Call the child’s mother!” he said. And when she came in, Elisha said,... Focus ↗

37 She fell at his feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her... Focus ↗

38 Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets... Focus ↗

39 One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild... Focus ↗

40 Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man... Focus ↗

41 Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all right; go... Focus ↗

42 One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God (Elohim) a sack of fresh grain and twenty l... Focus ↗

43 “What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?” But Elisha repeated, “Give it... Focus ↗

44 And when they gave it to the people, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the LORD h... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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