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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

2 Kings 4:32

In 11 translations

BSB
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
KJV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
WEB
When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
ASV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
LSV
And Elisha comes into the house, and behold, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,
YLT
And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,
DBY
And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.
DRC
Eliseus therefore went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed.
GNV
Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.
JPS
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
LXXE
And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֨עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἑλισαιὲ εἰς τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ παιδάριον τεθνηκός κεκοιμισμένον ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην αὐτοῦ·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 8:52–53Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
  • 1 Kings 17:17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
  • John 11:17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

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