2 Kings 4 · Verse 21

2 Kings 4:21

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
2 Kings 4:21, King James Version

2 Kings 4:21 in other translations

BSBAnd she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
WEBShe went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
ASVAnd she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
YLTAnd she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth the door upon him, and goeth out,
DARBYAnd she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
BBEThen she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.
WebsterAnd she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

What does 2 Kings 4:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Laid him on the bed of the man of God - She had no doubt heard that Elijah had raised the widow's son of Zarephath to life; and she believed that he who had obtained this gift from God for her, could obtain his restoration to life.

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…

Read the full comment on 2 Kings 4:18-37 →

2 Kings 4:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתַּ֙עַל֙va.Ta.'aland she went upH5927
וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּva.tash.ki.Ve.huand she made lie himH7901
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִטַּ֖תmi.Tat[the] bed ofH4296
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וַתִּסְגֹּ֥רva.tis.Gorand she shutH5462
בַּעֲד֖וֹba.'a.Dobehind himH1157
וַתֵּצֵֽא\׃va.te.Tze'and she went outH3318

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 4:21

  • 2 Kings 4:32

    And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

  • 1 Kings 17:19

    And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

  • 2 Kings 4:7

    Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

  • 2 Kings 4:10

    Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the bed.
10; 1Ki 17:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 4:21

    And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

  • 2 Kings 4:22

    And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

Read all of 2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ella entonces subió, y púsolo sobre la cama del varón de Dios, y cerrándole la puerta, salióse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle monta, et le coucha sur le lit de l’homme de Dieu; et elle ferma la porte sur lui, et sortit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da ging sie hinauf und legte ihn auf das Bett des Mannes Gottes, und schloß hinter ihm zu und ging hinaus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ascendit autem, et collocavit eum super lectulum hominis Dei, et clausit ostium: et egressa,