2 Kings 4:28
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
2 Kings 4:28 in other translations
| BSB | Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’” |
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| WEB | Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?” |
| ASV | Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? |
| YLT | And she saith, ‘Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?' |
| DARBY | And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? |
| BBE | Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words? |
| Webster | Then she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me. |
What does 2 Kings 4:28 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 4:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 4:28
- Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- 2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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Context
- 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.
- 2 Kings 4:28
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
- 2 Kings 4:29
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
2 Kings 4:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ella dijo: ¿Pedí yo hijo á mi señor? ¿No dije yo, que no me burlases? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors elle dit: Ai-je demandé un fils à mon seigneur? N’ai-je pas dit: Ne me trompe pas? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sprach: Habe ich einen Sohn von meinem Herrn erbeten? Habe ich nicht gesagt: Täusche mich nicht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ dixit illi: Numquid petivi filium a domino meo? numquid non dixi tibi: Ne illudas me? |