2 Kings 4 · Verse 37

2 Kings 4:37

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
2 Kings 4:37, King James Version

2 Kings 4:37 in other translations

BSBShe came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
WEBThen she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
ASVThen she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
YLTAnd she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out.
DARBYAnd she came and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
BBEAnd she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.
WebsterThen she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

What does 2 Kings 4:37 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 She went in and fell at his feet - Few can enter into the feelings of this noble woman. What suspense must she have felt during the time that the prophet was employed in the slow process referred to above! for slow in its own nature it must have been, and exceedingly exhausting to the prophet himself.

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 4:37 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.

וַתָּבֹא֙va.ta.Vo'and she cameH935
וַתִּפֹּ֣לva.ti.Poland she fellH5307
עַל\־'al-atH5921
רַגְלָ֔יוrag.Lavfeet hisH7272
וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּva.tish.Ta.chuand she bowed downH7812
אָ֑רְצָה'A.re.tzah[the] ground towardsH776
וַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'and she took upH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנָ֖הּbe.Nahson herH1121
וַתֵּצֵֽא\׃\ \פva.te.Tze'and she went outH3318

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 4:37

  • Hebrews 11:35

    Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

  • 2 Kings 2:15

    And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

  • 1 Kings 17:24

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fell at his feet.
27; 2:15; 1Ki 17:24

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

Context

  • 2 Kings 4:36

    And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

  • 2 Kings 4:37

    Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

  • 2 Kings 4:38

    And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

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2 Kings 4:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y así que ella entró, echóse á sus pies, é inclinóse á tierra: después tomó su hijo, y salióse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle vint et tomba à ses pieds, et se prosterna en terre; et elle prit son fils et sortit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da kam sie und fiel ihm zu Füßen und beugte sich zur Erde nieder; und sie nahm ihren Sohn und ging hinaus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venit illa, et corruit ad pedes ejus, et adoravit super terram: tulitque filium suum, et egressa est.