2 Kings 4:31 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 4:31 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְגֵחֲזִ֞י
Gêychăzîy
H1522
Gehazi
עָבַ֣ר
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם
pânîym
H6440
face
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם
sûwm
H7760
to put
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמִּשְׁעֶ֨נֶת֙
mishʻênâh
H4938
support
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
פְּנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
הַנַּ֔עַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
וְאֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
ק֖וֹל
qôwl
H6963
voice
וְאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
קָ֑שֶׁב
qesheb
H7182
attentiveness
וַיָּ֤שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
לִקְרָאתוֹ֙
qirʼâh
H7125
to meet
וַיַּגֶּד
nâgad
H5046
to make known
ל֣וֹ
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
הֵקִ֖יץ
qûwts
H6974
to awake
הַנָּֽעַר
naʻar
H5288
boy
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World English Bible Public Domain
Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Gehazi went on to their faces, and he put the staff on the face of the young man, but there was no voice, and there was no hearing. And he returned to meet him, and he declared to him, saying, “The young man did not awaken.”
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