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2 Kings 4:19

Grief

17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

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BSB
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
KJV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
WEB
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
ASV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
DARBY
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
BLB
And he said to his father, “My head! My head!” And he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
ÅB
Og han sa til sin far: Mitt hode! Mitt hode! Da sa faren til sin dreng: Bær ham hjem til hans mor!
OTB
Og han sa til sin far, "Mitt hode, mitt hode!" Og han sa til sin tjener, "Bær ham til hans mor."
B1930
Og han sa til sin far: Mitt hode! Mitt hode! Da sa faren til sin dreng: Bær ham hjem til hans mor!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 14:1–2

    Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

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