2 Kings 4:32

32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.

2 Kings 4:32 in Other Translations

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

32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.

32 When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed.

32 Elisha entered the house and found the boy stretched out on the bed dead.

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

32 When Elisha came to the house, the dead boy was lying on Elisha's bed.

32 When Elisha got to the house, he discovered the boy lying dead on his bed.

32 Elisha arrived at the house. The boy was dead. He was lying on Elisha's bed.

2 Kings 4:32 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:32

And when Elisha was come into the house
Of the Shunamite, and into the chamber built for him:

behold, the child was dead, and laid upon the bed;
upon his bed, and where he found it really dead.

2 Kings 4:32 In-Context

30 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 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 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.

33 He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD.

34 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.

Cross References

• 1. ver 21