2 Kings 4 Parallel Bible

swipe to see more →

	GENEVA Geneva Bible of 1587	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husbande is dead, and thou knowest, that thy seruant did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take my two sonnes to bee his bondmen.	Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”	The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
2	Then Elisha saide vnto her, What shall I do for thee? tell mee, what hast thou at home? And she sayd, Thine handmayd hath nothing at home, saue a pitcher of oyle.	And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”	Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”
3	And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.	Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.	Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
4	And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, & set aside those that are full.	Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.”	Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”
5	So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes; they brought to her, and she powred out.	So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.	She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
6	And when the vessels were full, shee sayde vnto her sonne, Bring mee yet a vessel; hee said vnto her, There is no moe vessels; the oyle ceased.	When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.	When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7	Then shee came and tolde the man of God; he saide, Goe, and sell the oyle, and pay them that thou art in det vnto, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.	She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”	She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
8	And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.	One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.	One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
9	And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.	And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.	She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10	Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, & let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke, that hee may turne in thither when hee commeth to vs.	Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”	Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”
11	And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,	One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.	One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
12	And sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite: and when hee called her, she stood before him.	And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.	He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.
13	Then he sayd vnto him, Say vnto her now, Beholde, thou hast had all this great care for vs, what shall we doe for thee? Is there any thing to bee spoken for thee to the King or to the captaine of the hoste? And shee answered, I dwell among mine owne people.	And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”	Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”
14	Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde.	And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”	“What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15	Then said he, Cal her; hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore.	He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.	Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16	And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne; she sayd, Oh my Lorde, thou man of God, doe not lye vnto thine handmayd.	And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.”	“About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”
17	So the woman conceiued, & bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elisha had sayd vnto her.	But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.	But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18	And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.	When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.	The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
19	And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.	And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”	He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20	And hee tooke him & brought him to his mother, and hee sate on her knees till noone, and dyed.	And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.	After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21	Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.	And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.	She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.
22	Then she called to her husband, & sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.	Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”	She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”
23	And he sayd, Wherefore wilt thou goe to him to day? it is neither newe moone nor Sabbath day; she answered, All shalbe well.	And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”	“Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “That’s all right,” she said.
24	Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.	Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”	She saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Lead on; don’t slow down for me unless I tell you.”
25	So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel; when the man of God sawe her ouer against him, he sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.	So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite.	So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When he saw her in the distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi, “Look! There’s the Shunammite!
26	Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? and is the child in health? And she answered, We are in health.	Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” And she answered, “All is well.”	Run to meet her and ask her, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” “Everything is all right,” she said.
27	And when shee came to the man of God vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hid it from me, and hath not told it mee.	And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”	When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone! She is in bitter distress, but the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me why.”
28	Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?	Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”	“Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?”
29	Then he sayd to Gehazi, Gird thy loynes, and take my staffe in thine hand, & goe thy way: if thou meete any, salute him not: and if any salute thee, answere him not: and laye my staffe vpon the face of the childe.	He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child.”	Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand and run. Don’t greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
30	And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.	Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.	But the child’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
31	But Gehazi was gone before them, & had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.	Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”	Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
32	Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.	When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.	When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.
33	He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord.	So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD.	He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD.
34	After he went vp, and lay vpon the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes vpon his eies, and his hands vpon his handes, and stretched himselfe vpon him, and the flesh of the child waxed warme.	Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.	Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm.
35	And hee went from him, and walked vp & downe in the house, and went vp and spred himselfe vpon him: then the childe neesed seuen times, and opened his eyes.	Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.	Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36	Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him; he said vnto her, Take thy sonne.	Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”	Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” And he did. When she came, he said, “Take your son.”
37	And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.	She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.	She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
38	Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the land, and the children of the Prophets dwelt with him; hee sayd vnto his seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the children of the Prophets.	And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”	Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
39	And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, and founde, as it were, a wilde vine, & gathered thereof wilde gourdes his garment ful, and came & shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew it not.	One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.	One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
40	So they powred out for the men to eate: and when they did eate of the pottage, they cryed out, and sayde, O thou man of God, death is in the pot: and they could not eate thereof.	And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.	The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41	Then he said, Bring meale; hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.	He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot.	Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42	Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, & brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske; hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.	A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.”	A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said.
43	And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnto the people, that they may eate: for thus sayth the Lorde, They shall eate, and there shall remaine.	But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”	“How can I set this before a hundred men?” his servant asked. But Elisha answered, “Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
44	So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.	So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.	Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
	Read Geneva Bible of 1587 Public domain.	Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles.	Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.

2 Kings 4 Parallel Bible Translations