2 Kings 4:19 Parallel Translations

Suddenly, he said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father told his servant, "Carry him to his mother."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

ASV:

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

BBE:

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

DBY:

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

ERV:

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

JPS:

And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'

WBS:

And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

WEB:

He said to his father, "My head! My head!" He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

YLT:

and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'

2 Kings 4:19 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 4:18 When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers.

2 Kings 4:20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:19 And he said unto his father, {m} My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
(m) His head was hurt badly and therefore he cried.

MHC:

4:18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought it, would not disappoint it. The sorrowful mother begged leave of her husband to go to the prophet at once. She had not thought it enough to have Elisha's help sometimes in her own family, but, though a woman of rank, attended on public worship. It well becomes the men of God, to inquire about the welfare of their friends and their families. The answer was, It is well. All well, and yet the child dead in the house! Yes! All is well that God does; all is well with them that are gone, if they are gone to heaven; and all well with us that stay behind, if, by the affliction, we are furthered in our way thither. When any creature-comfort is taken from us, it is well if we can say, through grace, that we did not set our hearts too much upon it; for if we did, we have reason to fear it was given in anger, and taken away in wrath. Elisha cried unto God in faith; and the beloved son was restored alive to his mother. Those who would convey spiritual life to dead souls, must feel deeply for their case, and labour fervently in prayer for them. Though the minister cannot give Divine life to his fellow-sinners, he must use every means, with as much earnestness as if he could do so.

CONC:

Bear Carry Lad Oh Servant

Bear Carry Head Lad Mother Servant Young

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