2 Kings 4:14 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 4:14

12 Then he said to ^aGehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’ ” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

15 So he said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

16 Then he said,¹ “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, ^ado not lie to your maidservant!”

17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.

18 And the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

19 And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” So he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 4:14

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American Standard Version
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.

Amplified® Bible
Later Elisha said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, She has no child and her husband is old.

Contemporary English Version
"Then what can we do for her?" Elisha asked Gehazi. Gehazi replied, "I do know that her husband is old, and that she doesn't have a son."

Darby English Version
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old.

Good News Bible
Elisha asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her then?" He answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is an old man."

King James Version
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

New American Standard Bible
So he said, "What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old.""

New International Version
"What can be done for her?" Elisha asked.
Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son and her husband is old."

New King James Version
So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So he said, "What then can we do for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband has grown old."

Revised Standard Version
And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Geha'zi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband `is' aged.'

New English Translation
So he asked Gehazi,¹ “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

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