2 Kings 4:21

What does 2 Kings 4:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 4:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth <FI>the door<Fi> upon him, and goeth out,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And she went up, and laid him upon the bed of the man of God, and shut the door: and going out,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man ofGod, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.

Context

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

v.21This passage

v.22And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 17:19

    And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

  • 2 Kings 4:32

    And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

  • 2 Kings 4:7

    Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.

  • 2 Kings 4:10

    Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

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