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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

2 Kings 4:21

In 11 translations

BSB
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
KJV
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
WEB
She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
ASV
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
LSV
And she goes up, and lays him on the bed of the man of God, and shuts [the door] on him, and goes out,
YLT
And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth [the door] upon him, and goeth out,
DBY
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.Elohim
DRC
And she went up and laid him upon the bed of the man of God, and shut the door: and going out,
GNV
Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.
JPS
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
LXXE
And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God; and she shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתַּ֨עַל֙ וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ עַל־מִטַּ֖ת אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּסְגֹּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ ἀπέκλεισε κατʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξῆλθε,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 4:32When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
  • 2 Kings 4:10Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
  • 1 Kings 17:19But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
  • 2 Kings 4:7She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

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