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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Kings 4:37

She entered, fell at his feet and prostrated herself on the floor. Then she picked up her son and went out.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Dead (People);   Elisha;   Miracles;   Shunammite;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feet, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gehazi;   Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Resurrection;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Shunem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Diseases;   Elisha;   Furniture;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Resurrection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adoration;   Gehazi;   Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ass;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Attitudes;   Gehazi;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Attitudes;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.
Hebrew Names Version
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
King James Version
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
English Standard Version
She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
New Century Version
She came in and fell at Elisha's feet, bowing facedown to the floor. Then she picked up her son and went out.
New English Translation
She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.
Amplified Bible
She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground [in respect and gratitude]. Then she picked up her son and left.
New American Standard Bible
Then she came in and fell at his feet and bowed down to the ground, and she picked up her son and left.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then she came in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out.
Contemporary English Version
She came in and bowed down at Elisha's feet. Then she picked up her son and left.
Darby Translation
And she came and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Shunammite woman went into the room and bowed down at Elisha's feet. Then she picked up her son and went out.
George Lamsa Translation
Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground and took up her son and went Out.
Good News Translation
She fell at Elisha's feet, with her face touching the ground; then she took her son and left.
Lexham English Bible
She came and fell at his feet and bowed down to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.
Literal Translation
And she went in and fell at his feet, and bowed to the earth, and took up her son, and went out.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came she, and fell at his fete, and worshipped vnto the grounde, and toke hir sonne, and wente forth.
American Standard Version
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Bible in Basic English
And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore she went in, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and toke vp her sonne, and went out.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed down to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
King James Version (1611)
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance bowing to the ground; and she took her son, and went out.
English Revised Version
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Berean Standard Bible
She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
She cam, and felde doun to his feet, and worschipide on erthe; and sche took hir sone, and yede out.
Young's Literal Translation
And she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out.
Update Bible Version
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
World English Bible
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
New King James Version
So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.
New Living Translation
She fell at his feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her arms and carried him downstairs.
New Life Bible
She came and fell at his feet and put her face to the ground. Then she took up her son and went out.
New Revised Standard
She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took her son and left.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she came in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, - and took up her son, and went forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
She came and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground: and took up her son, and went out.
Revised Standard Version
She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took up her son and went out.
THE MESSAGE
She fell at Elisha's feet, face to the ground in reverent awe. Then she embraced her son and went out with him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out.

Contextual Overview

18 When the child was old enough, he went out one day to be with his father, who was with the reapers. 19 Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head! My head hurts!" He said to his servant, "Carry him back to his mother." 20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he lay on her lap until noon; and then he died. 21 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door on him and went out. 22 She called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants with a donkey. I must get to the man of God as fast as I can; I'll come straight back." 23 He asked, "Why are you going to him today? It isn't Rosh-Hodesh and it isn't Shabbat." She said, "It's all right." 24 Then she saddled the donkey and ordered her servant, "Drive as fast as you can; don't slow down for me unless I say so." 25 She set out and came to the man of God on Mount Karmel. When the man of God saw her in the distance, he said to Geichazi his servant, "Look, here comes that Shunamit. 26 Run now to meet her, and ask her, "Is everything all right with you? with your husband? with the child?" She answered, "Everything is all right." 27 But when she reached the man of God on the hill, she grabbed his feet. Geichazi came up to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone. She is in great distress, but Adonai has hidden from me what it is, he hasn't told me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fell at his feet: 2 Kings 4:27, 2 Kings 2:15, 1 Kings 17:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:12 - he bowed himself 1 Samuel 25:24 - fell 1 Kings 17:23 - thy son liveth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,.... In reverence of him, and with the most profound gratitude and thankfulness for the mercy received:

and took up her son, and went out; of the chamber into her house, with great joy and gladness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 37. She went in and fell at his feet — Few can enter into the feelings of this noble woman. What suspense must she have felt during the time that the prophet was employed in the slow process referred to above! for slow in its own nature it must have been, and exceedingly exhausting to the prophet himself.


 
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