Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."
New American Standard Bible
So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi
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.
Holman Bible
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?”
Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
International Standard Version
He responded, "What, then, is to be done on her behalf?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son and her husband is growing old."
A Conservative Version
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son, and her husband is old.
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.
Amplified
Later Elisha said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son and her husband is old.”
Bible in Basic English
So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.
Darby Translation
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, And what to be done for her? And Gehazi will say. Truly, not a son to her, and her husband an old man.
King James 2000
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she has no child, and her husband is old.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said, "What may be done for her?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."
Modern King James verseion
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly, she has no child, and her husband is old.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then he said, "What is to be done for her?" And Gehazi said, "Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old."
New Heart 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."
The Emphasized Bible
So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old.
Webster
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith, 'And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is aged.'
Themes
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Childlessness regarded as a misfortune
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Shunammite » A woman who gave hospitality to elisha, and whose son he raised to life
Women » Good » The shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to elisha
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 4:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha At Shunem
13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure." 14 So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old." 15 Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 15:2-3
But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
Genesis 18:10-14
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"
Judges 13:2
There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
1 Samuel 1:8
Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
Luke 1:7
But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.