Parallel Verses
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 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.
NET Bible
So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, 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 And Elisha said to him, "Say to her I pray thee, 'See, thou hast made all this provision for us, what shall we do for thee? Wouldest thou be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the Host?" And she said, "I dwell among mine own people." 14 Then he said, "What is to be done for her?" And Gehazi said, "Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old." 15 And he said, "Call her." And he called her. And she came and stood at the door.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 15:2-3
And Abram answered, "LORD Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? I go childless, and the cater of mine house, this Eliezer of Damascus, hath a son."
Genesis 17:17
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"
Genesis 18:10-14
And he said, "I will come again unto thee as soon as the fruit can live. And lo, Sara thy wife shall have a son." That heard Sara, out of the tent door which was behind his back.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac made intercession unto the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."
Judges 13:2
And there was a man in Zorah of the kindred of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was barren and bare not.
1 Samuel 1:2
which had two wives, the one called Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
1 Samuel 1:8
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, "Hannah why weepest thou? And why eatest thou not? And why is thine heart so troubled? Am not I better to thee, than ten sons?"
Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren; And both were well stricken in age.