2 Kings 4:28
26 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.
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.
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
- KJV
- Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
- WEB
- Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
- ASV
- Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
- DARBY
- And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
- BLB
- And she said, “Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
- ÅB
- Hun sa: Har jeg vel bedt min herre om en sønn? Sa jeg ikke: Du må ikke narre meg?
- OTB
- Da sa hun, "Ba jeg om en sønn fra min herre? Sa jeg ikke, 'Ikke villed meg'?"
- B1930
- Hun sa: Har jeg vel bedt min herre om en sønn? Sa jeg ikke: Du må ikke narre mig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Read in context2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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