Tobit 10:2
Good News Translation
"What can be keeping him? Do you suppose Gabael has died? Maybe there is no one to give him the money."

New Revised Standard Version
he said, “Is it possible that he has been detained? Or that Gabael has died, and there is no one to give him the money?”

Contemporary English Version
I became so worried, that at last I wondered out loud, 'What could be keeping Tobias? Maybe Gabael is dead, and there is no one else to give him the money.' "

New American Bible
he said, “Could it be that he has been detained there? Or perhaps Gabael has died, and there is no one to give him the money?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money?

Tobit 9:12
And when all had said, Amen, they went to the feast: but the marriage feast they celebrated also with the fear of the Lord.

Tobit 10:1
But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there?

Tobit 10:3
And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together, because their son did not return to them on the day appointed.

Tobit 10:4
But his mother wept and was quite disconsolate, and said: Woe, woe is me, my son; why did we send thee to go to a strange country, the light of our eyes, the staff of our old age, the comfort of our life, the hope of our posterity?

Context
Tobit 10
1But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there? 2Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money? 3And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together, because their son did not return to them on the day appointed.…
Cross References
Tobit 9:12
And when all had said, Amen, they went to the feast: but the marriage feast they celebrated also with the fear of the Lord.

Tobit 10:1
But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there?

Tobit 10:3
And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together, because their son did not return to them on the day appointed.

Tobit 10:4
But his mother wept and was quite disconsolate, and said: Woe, woe is me, my son; why did we send thee to go to a strange country, the light of our eyes, the staff of our old age, the comfort of our life, the hope of our posterity?



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 10:1
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