2 Kings 4:14

So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” He said, What then is to be done for her? Gechazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old. And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old." Elisha said to Gehazi, "But what can we do for her?" He answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old." So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old." Later Elisha said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son and her husband is old." So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "It is a fact that she has no son, and her husband is old." Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde. So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son, and her husband is old." "Then what can we do for her?" Elisha asked Gehazi. Gehazi replied, "I do know that her husband is old, and that she doesn't have a son." He said, "What, then, is to be done for her?" Geichazi answered, "There's one thing — she doesn't have a son; and her husband is old. And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old. Elisha said to Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" He answered, "I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old." Then he said, What shall I do for her? And Gehazi said to him, Verily she has no son and her husband is old. Elisha asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her then?" He answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is an old man." Then he said, "What may be done for her?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old." And he said, What then shall I do for her? And Gehazi said, Truly there is no son to her. And her husband is old. He sayde: What hast thou then to do? Gehasi sayde: Alas, she hath no sonne, and hir hu?bade is olde. And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old. 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. And he said againe: What is to be done for her? Gehezi aunswered: Ueryly she hath no childe, and her husband is olde. And he said: 'What then is to be done for her?' And Gehazi answered: 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.' And he said, What then is to bee done for her? And Gehazi answered, Uerily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old. And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old. So he asked, "Then what should be done for her?" "Well, she has no son," Gehazi replied, "and her husband is old." And he seide, What therfor wole sche that Y do to hir? Giezi seide to hym, Axe thou not, for she hath no sone, and hir hosebonde is eeld. And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband [is] aged.' And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son, and her husband is old. And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. He said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old. So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old." Later Elisha asked Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She doesn't have a son, and her husband is an old man." So Elisha said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old." He said, "What then may be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old." So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old. And he said: What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath no son, and her husband is old. And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Geha'zi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old." And he says, "And what can [I] do for her?" And Gehazi says, "Truly she has no son, and her husband [is] aged." Elisha conferred with Gehazi: "There's got to be something we can do for her. But what?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is an old man." So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?”

Hebrew Names Version
He said, What then is to be done for her? Gechazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old.

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.

English Standard Version
And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

New Century Version
Elisha said to Gehazi, "But what can we do for her?" He answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

New English Translation
So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

Amplified Bible
Later Elisha said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, 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 answered, "It is a fact that she has no son, and her husband is old."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde.

Legacy Standard Bible
So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son, and her husband is old."

Contemporary English Version
"Then what can we do for her?" Elisha asked Gehazi. Gehazi replied, "I do know that her husband is old, and that she doesn't have a son."

Complete Jewish Bible
He said, "What, then, is to be done for her?" Geichazi answered, "There's one thing — she doesn't have a 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha said to Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" He answered, "I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old."

George Lamsa Translation
Then he said, What shall I do for her? And Gehazi said to him, Verily she has no son and her husband is old.

Good News Translation
Elisha asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her then?" He answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is an old man."

Lexham English Bible
Then he said, "What may be done for her?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

Literal Translation
And he said, What then shall I do for her? And Gehazi said, Truly there is no son to her. And her husband is old.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: What hast thou then to do? Gehasi sayde: Alas, she hath no sonne, and hir hu?bade is olde.

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.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said againe: What is to be done for her? Gehezi aunswered: Ueryly she hath no childe, and her husband is olde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'What then is to be done for her?' And Gehazi answered: 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.'

King James Version (1611)
And he said, What then is to bee done for her? And Gehazi answered, Uerily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.

English Revised 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.

Berean Standard Bible
So he asked, "Then what should be done for her?" "Well, she has no son," Gehazi replied, "and her husband is old."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, What therfor wole sche that Y do to hir? Giezi seide to hym, Axe thou not, for she hath no sone, and hir hosebonde is eeld.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband [is] aged.'

Update Bible 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old.

New King James Version
So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old."

New Living Translation
Later Elisha asked Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She doesn't have a son, and her husband is an old man."

New Life Bible
So Elisha said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

New Revised Standard
He said, "What then may be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

J.B. Rotherham 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath no son, and her husband is old.

Revised Standard Version
And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Geha'zi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

THE MESSAGE
Elisha conferred with Gehazi: "There's got to be something we can do for her. But what?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is an old man."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old."

Contextual Overview

⁸One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat. ⁸ It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread. ⁸ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. ⁸ One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. ⁸ One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She begged Elisha to stay and eat. So every time Elisha passed by, he stopped there to eat. ⁸ One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal. ⁸Now there came a day when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent and influential woman, and she persuaded him to eat a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal. ⁸ Now a day came when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat food. ⁸ And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread. ⁸Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she prevailed upon him to eat food. Now it happened, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat food.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she hath no child: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:3, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:10-14, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 30:1, Judges 13:2, 1 Samuel 1:2, 1 Samuel 1:8, Luke 1:7

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but he didn't respect Kayin and his offering. Kayin was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Genesis 4:5
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 4:5
but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

Genesis 4:5
but he did not accept Cain and his gift. So Cain became very angry and felt rejected.

Genesis 4:5
but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

Genesis 4:5
but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile.

Genesis 4:5
but for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his face was gloomy.

Genesis 4:5
But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe.

Genesis 4:5
but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 4:5
but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said,.... That is, Elisha to Gehazi, when he returned to him, and told him what the Shunammite said:

what then is to be done for her? something he thought should be done in gratitude, the favours they had received, and advises with his servant what could be thought of, he being one about the house:

and Gehazi answered, verily she hath no child, and her husband is old; and so not likely to have any by him; as children were always very desirable by women, and especially in those days, the servant suggests, that no doubt to have one would be very acceptable to her.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 4:14. What then is to be done for her? — It seems that the woman retired as soon as she had delivered the answer mentioned in the preceding verse.