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2 Kings 4:27

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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.

26 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.”

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?’”

29 So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
ASV
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
DARBY
And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
BLB
And she came to the man of God at the hill, and she caught him by the feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away. And the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and YHWH has hidden [it] from me and has not told me.”
ÅB
Men da hun kom opp på fjellet til den Guds mann, omfavnet hun hans føtter; da gikk Gehasi fram og ville støte henne bort, men den Guds mann sa: La henne være! For hun har en stor hjertesorg; men Herren har skjult det for meg og ikke latt meg få vite det.
OTB
Da hun kom til Guds mann på høyden, grep hun om føttene hans. Og Gehasi kom opp for å skyve henne bort, men Guds mann sa, "La henne være, for hennes sjel er i nød; og Herren har skjult det for meg og har ikke informert meg."
B1930
Men da hun kom op på fjellet til den Guds mann, omfavnet hun hans føtter; da gikk Gehasi frem og vilde støte henne bort, men den Guds mann sa: La henne være! For hun har en stor hjertesorg; men Herren har skjult det for mig og ikke latt mig få vite det.

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