2 Kings 4:26
24 Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
25 So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
- KJV
- Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
- WEB
- Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
- ASV
- run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
- DARBY
- run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.
- BLB
- Now run, please, to meet her, and say to her, ‘Is [it all] well for you? Is [it] well for your husband? Is [it] well for the child?’” And she answered, “[It is] well.”
- ÅB
- Spring henne nå i møte og si til henne: Står det vel til med deg og med din mann og med barnet? Hun svarte: Ja, det står vel til.
- OTB
- Nå, vær så snill, løp for å møte henne og si til henne, 'Er det bra med deg? Er det bra med din mann? Er det bra med barnet?'” Og hun svarte, "Det er bra."
- B1930
- Spring henne nu i møte og si til henne: Står det vel til med dig og med din mann og med barnet? Hun svarte: Ja, det står vel til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:36
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
Read in context2 Kings 4:23
“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:18
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:18
So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
Read in contextJob 1:21–22
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Read in contextPsalms 39:9
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Read in contextGenesis 37:14
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
Read in contextGenesis 29:6
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
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