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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

2 Kings 4:19

In 11 translations

BSB
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
KJV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
WEB
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
ASV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
LSV
and he says to his father, “My head, my head”; and he says to the young man, “Carry him to his mother”;
YLT
and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'
DBY
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
DRC
He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant: Take him, and carry him to his mother.
GNV
And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
JPS
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'
LXXE
that he said to his father, My head, my head. And his father said to a servant, Carry him to his mother.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־אָבִ֖יו רֹאשִׁ֣י ׀ רֹאשִׁ֑י וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַנַּ֔עַר שָׂאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־אִמּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, τὴν κεφαλήν μου, τὴν κεφαλήν μου· καὶ εἶπε τῷ παιδαρίῳ, ἆρον αὐτὸν πρὸς τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  • Job 14:1–2“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

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