2 Kings 4 · Verse 26

2 Kings 4:26

Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
2 Kings 4:26, King James Version

2 Kings 4:26 in other translations

BSBPlease run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
WEBPlease run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
ASVrun, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
YLTnow, run, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to thee? is there peace to thy husband? is there peace to the lad?' and she saith, ‘Peace.'
DARBYrun now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.
BBEGo quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.
WebsterRun now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? and she answered, It is well.

What does 2 Kings 4:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 4:26-28
26-28. And she answered, It is well--Her answer was purposely brief and vague to Gehazi, for she reserved a full disclosure of her loss for the ear of the prophet himself. She had met Gehazi at the foot of the hill, and she stopped not in her ascent till she had disburdened her heavy-laden spirit at Elisha's feet. The violent paroxysm of grief into which she fell on approaching him, appeared to Gehazi an act of disrespect to his master; he was preparing to remove her when the prophet's observant eye perceived that she was overwhelmed with some unknown cause of distress. How great is a mother's love! how wondrous are the works of Providence! The Shunammite had not sought a son from the prophet--her child was, in every respect, the free gift of God. Was she then allowed to rejoice in the possession for a little, only to be pierced with sorrow by seeing the corpse of the cherished boy? Perish, doubt and unbelief! This event happened that "the works of God should be made manifest" in His prophet, "and for the glory of God."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 It is well - How strong was her faith in God and submission to his authority! Though the heaviest family affliction that could befall her and her husband had now taken place; yet, believing that it was a dispensation of Providence which was in itself neither unwise nor unkind, she said, It is well with me, with my husband, and with my child. We may farther remark that, in her days, the doctrine of reprobate infants had not disgraced the pure religion of the God of endless compassion. She had no doubts concerning the welfare of her child, even with respect to another world; and who but a pagan or a stoic can entertain a contrary doctrine?

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…

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2 Kings 4:26 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.

עַתָּה֮'a.TahnowH6258
רֽוּץ\־rutz-runH7323
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
לִקְרָאתָהּ֒lik.ra.Tahto meet herH7122
וֶאֱמָר\־ve.'e.mor-and sayH559
לָ֗הּLahto her
הֲשָׁל֥וֹםha.sha.Lom¿ [does] peaceH7965
לָ֛ךְlakh[belong] to you
הֲשָׁל֥וֹםha.sha.Lom¿ [does] peaceH7965
לְאִישֵׁ֖ךְle.'i.Shekh[belong] to husband yourH376
הֲשָׁל֣וֹםha.sha.Lom¿ [does] peaceH7965
לַיָּ֑לֶדlai.Ya.led[belong] to the childH3206
וַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
שָׁלֽוֹם\׃sha.LompeaceH7965

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Cross references for 2 Kings 4:26

  • Acts 15:36

    And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

  • 2 Kings 4:23

    And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

  • 1 Samuel 17:18

    And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

  • Job 1:21-22

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

  • Psalms 39:9

    I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

  • Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Genesis 29:6

    And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Run now.
Zec 2:4
Is it well with thee.
Ge 29:6; 37:14; 1Sa 17:18; Mt 10:12,13; Ac 15:36
It is well.
23; Le 10:3; 1Sa 3:18; Job 1:21,22; Ps 39:9

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Context

  • 2 Kings 4:25

    So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

  • 2 Kings 4:26

    Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

  • 2 Kings 4:27

    And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

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2 Kings 4:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ruégote que vayas ahora corriendo á recibirla, y dile: ¿Tienes paz? ¿y tu marido, y tu hijo? Y ella dijo: Paz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Cours maintenant, je te prie, à sa rencontre, et dis-lui: Tout va-t-il bien? Ton mari va-t-il bien? L’enfant va-t-il bien? Et elle dit: Bien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nun laufe ihr doch entgegen und sprich zu ihr: Geht es dir wohl? Geht es deinem Manne wohl? Geht es dem Kinde wohl?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vade ergo in occursum ejus, et dic ei: Recte ne agitur circa te, et circa virum tuum, et circa filium tuum? Quæ respondit: Recte.