2 Kings 4:19
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
2 Kings 4:19 in other translations
| BSB | “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and he saith unto his father, ‘My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, ‘Bear him unto his mother;' |
| DARBY | And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother. |
| BBE | And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother. |
| Webster | And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. |
What does 2 Kings 4:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 4:18-37
Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is…
2 Kings 4:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 4:19
- Job 14:1-2
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 14:1,2; Jer 4:19
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Context
- 2 Kings 4:18
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- 2 Kings 4:19
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
- 2 Kings 4:20
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings 4:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo á su padre: ¡Mi cabeza, mi cabeza! Y él dijo á un criado: Llévalo á su madre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il dit à son père: Ma tête! ma tête! Et le père dit au serviteur: Porte-le à sa mère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es sprach zu seinem Vater: Mein Kopf, mein Kopf! Und er sprach zu dem Knechte: Trage ihn zu seiner Mutter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ait patri suo: Caput meum doleo, caput meum doleo. At ille dixit puero: Tolle, et duc eum ad matrem suam. |