2 Kings 4:18
16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
17 But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
19 “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
- KJV
- And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- WEB
- When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
- ASV
- And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- DARBY
- And the child grew, and it came to pass one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- BLB
- And the child grew, and the day came to pass that he went out to his father to the harvesters.
- ÅB
- Da barnet ble større, hendte det en dag at han gikk ut til sin far, som var ute hos høstfolkene.
- OTB
- Nå vokste barnet. Og det skjedde en dag at han gikk ut til sin far, til høstfolkene.
- B1930
- Da barnet blev større, hendte det en dag at han gikk ut til sin far, som var ute hos høstfolkene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ruth 2:4
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
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