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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

2 Kings 4:28

In 11 translations

BSB
Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
KJV
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
WEB
Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
ASV
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
LSV
And she says, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”
YLT
And she saith, 'Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?'
DBY
And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
DRC
And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me?
GNV
Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?
JPS
Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'
LXXE
And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not deal deceitfully with me?Gr. Thou shalt not.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי בֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ת אֲדֹנִ֑י הֲלֹ֣א אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹ֥א תַשְׁלֶ֖ה אֹתִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἡ δὲ εἶπε, μὴ ᾐτησάμην υἱὸν παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου; ὅτι οὐκ εἶπα, οὐ πλανήσεις μετʼ ἐμοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  • 2 Kings 4:16And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

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