KJV King James Version
And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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2 Kings 4:14
And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘And what—to do for her?’ and Gehazi saith, ‘Verily she hath no son, and her husband is aged.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 4
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what [is] to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
14 And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayוּמֶ֖הH4100 · mahwhat?לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָ֑הּH9034 · haherוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayגֵּיחֲזִ֗יH1522 · ge.cha.ziGehaziאֲבָ֛לH61 · a.valtrulyבֵּ֥ןH1121 · benson: childאֵֽין־H369 · a.yinnothingלָ֖הּH9034 · haherוְאִישָׁ֥הּH376 · ishmanזָקֵֽן׃H2204 · za.qenbe old
Cross-references
Genesis 15:2-3And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.Judges 13:2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.Genesis 18:10-14And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.1 Samuel 1:2And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
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