2 Kings 4:28
What does 2 Kings 4:28 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 4:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And she saith, `Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
Context
v.27And 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.
v.28This passage
v.29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- 2 Kings 4:16
And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.