2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
2 Kings 4:32 in other translations
| BSB | When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed. |
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| WEB | When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed. |
| ASV | And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. |
| YLT | And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed, |
| DARBY | And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. |
| BBE | And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed. |
| Webster | And when Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. |
What does 2 Kings 4:32 mean?
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 4:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 4:32
- 1 Kings 17:17
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
- John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
- Luke 8:52-53
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
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Context
- 2 Kings 4:31
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
- 2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- 2 Kings 4:33
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
2 Kings 4:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y venido Eliseo á la casa, he aquí el niño que estaba tendido muerto sobre su cama. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Élisée entra dans la maison, et voici, le jeune garçon était mort, couché sur son lit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als Elisa in das Haus kam, siehe, da war der Knabe tot, hingelegt auf sein Bett. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ingressus est ergo Eliseus domum, et ecce puer mortuus jacebat in lectulo ejus: |