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2 Kings 4:19
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Christian Standard Bible®
Suddenly he complained to his father, “My head! My head!”
Suddenly he complained to his father, “My head! My head!”
Hebrew Names Version
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
King James Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
English Standard Version
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Century Version
The boy said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father said to his servant, "Take him to his mother!"
The boy said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father said to his servant, "Take him to his mother!"
New English Translation
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Amplified Bible
But he said to his father, "My head, my head." The man said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
But he said to his father, "My head, my head." The man said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New American Standard Bible
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" And his father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" And his father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his young man, "Carry him to his mother."
And he said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his young man, "Carry him to his mother."
Contemporary English Version
Suddenly he shouted, "My head hurts. It hurts a lot!" "Carry him back to his mother," the father said to his servant.
Suddenly he shouted, "My head hurts. It hurts a lot!" "Carry him back to his mother," the father said to his servant.
Complete Jewish Bible
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head! My head hurts!" He said to his servant, "Carry him back to his mother."
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head! My head hurts!" He said to his servant, "Carry him back to his mother."
Darby Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
The boy said to his father, "Oh, my head! My head hurts!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother!"
The boy said to his father, "Oh, my head! My head hurts!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother!"
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his father, Oh, my head, my head! And his father said to a servant, Take him up and carry him to his mother.
And he said to his father, Oh, my head, my head! And his father said to a servant, Take him up and carry him to his mother.
Good News Translation
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" "Carry the boy to his mother," the father said to a servant.
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" "Carry the boy to his mother," the father said to a servant.
Lexham English Bible
Then he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to the servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Then he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to the servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Literal Translation
And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to the young man, Carry him to his mother.
And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to the young man, Carry him to his mother.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& sayde vnto his father: Oh my heade, my heade. He saide vnto his seruaut: Bringe him to his mother.
& sayde vnto his father: Oh my heade, my heade. He saide vnto his seruaut: Bringe him to his mother.
American Standard Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said vnto his father: My head, my head. And he saide to a lad: Cary him to his mother.
And he said vnto his father: My head, my head. And he saide to a lad: Cary him to his mother.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto his father, My head, my head: and he said to a ladde, Carie him to his mother.
And he said vnto his father, My head, my head: and he said to a ladde, Carie him to his mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that he said to his father, My head, my head. and his father said to a servant, carry him to his mother.
that he said to his father, My head, my head. and his father said to a servant, carry him to his mother.
English Revised Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
Berean Standard Bible
"My head! My head!" he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
"My head! My head!" he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and to the repers, he seide to his fadir, Myn heed akith, myn heed akith. And he seide to a child, Take, and lede hym to his modir.
and to the repers, he seide to his fadir, Myn heed akith, myn heed akith. And he seide to a child, Take, and lede hym to his modir.
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'
and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'
Update Bible Version
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his attendant, Carry him to his mother.
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his attendant, Carry him to his mother.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
World English Bible
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
New King James Version
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Living Translation
Suddenly he cried out, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother."
Suddenly he cried out, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother."
New Life Bible
He said to his father, "O, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
He said to his father, "O, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Revised Standard
He complained to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
He complained to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he said unto his father - My head! my head! So he said unto the young man, Carry him to his mother.
and he said unto his father - My head! my head! So he said unto the young man, Carry him to his mother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant. Take him, and carry him to his mother.
He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant. Take him, and carry him to his mother.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Contextual Overview
18The child grew up. One day he went to his father, who was working with the harvest hands, complaining, "My head, my head!" His father ordered a servant, "Carry him to his mother." 20 The servant took him in his arms and carried him to his mother. He lay on her lap until noon and died. 21 She took him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut him in alone, and left. 22 She then called her husband, "Get me a servant and a donkey so I can go to the Holy Man; I'll be back as soon as I can." 23 "But why today? This isn't a holy day—it's neither New Moon nor Sabbath." She said, "Don't ask questions; I need to go right now. Trust me." 24She went ahead and saddled the donkey, ordering her servant, "Take the lead—and go as fast as you can; I'll tell you if you're going too fast." And so off she went. She came to the Holy Man at Mount Carmel. The Holy Man, spotting her while she was still a long way off, said to his servant Gehazi, "Look out there; why, it's the Shunammite woman! Quickly now. Ask her, ‘Is something wrong? Are you all right? Your husband? Your child?'" She said, "Everything's fine." But when she reached the Holy Man at the mountain, she threw herself at his feet and held tightly to him. Gehazi came up to pull her away, but the Holy Man said, "Leave her alone—can't you see that she's in distress? But God hasn't let me in on why; I'm completely in the dark." Then she spoke up: "Did I ask for a son, master? Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't tease me with false hopes'?" He ordered Gehazi, "Don't lose a minute—grab my staff and run as fast as you can. If you meet anyone, don't even take time to greet him, and if anyone greets you, don't even answer. Lay my staff across the boy's face." The boy's mother said, "As sure as God lives and you live, you're not leaving me behind." And so Gehazi let her take the lead, and followed behind. But Gehazi arrived first and laid the staff across the boy's face. But there was no sound—no sign of life. Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and said, "The boy hasn't stirred." Elisha entered the house and found the boy stretched out on the bed dead. He went into the room and locked the door—just the two of them in the room—and prayed to God . He then got into bed with the boy and covered him with his body, mouth on mouth, eyes on eyes, hands on hands. As he was stretched out over him like that, the boy's body became warm. Elisha got up and paced back and forth in the room. Then he went back and stretched himself upon the boy again. The boy started sneezing—seven times he sneezed!—and opened his eyes. He called Gehazi and said, "Get the Shunammite woman in here!" He called her and she came in. Elisha said, "Embrace your son!" She fell at Elisha's feet, face to the ground in reverent awe. Then she embraced her son and went out with him. Elisha went back down to Gilgal. There was a famine there. While he was consulting with the guild of prophets, he told his servant, "Put a large pot on the fire and cook up some stew for the prophets." One of the men went out into the field to get some herbs; he came across a wild vine and picked gourds from it, filling his gunnysack. He brought them back, sliced them up, and put them in the stew, even though no one knew what kind of plant it was. The stew was then served up for the men to eat. They started to eat, and then exclaimed, "Death in the pot, O man of God! Death in the pot!" Nobody could eat it. Elisha ordered, "Get me some meal." Then he sprinkled it into the stew pot. "Now serve it up to the men," he said. They ate it, and it was just fine—nothing wrong with that stew! One day a man arrived from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God twenty loaves of fresh-baked bread from the early harvest, along with a few apples from the orchard. Elisha said, "Pass it around to the people to eat." His servant said, "For a hundred men? There's not nearly enough!" Elisha said, "Just go ahead and do it. God says there's plenty." And sure enough, there was. He passed around what he had—they not only ate, but had leftovers. 26 One day the wife of a man from the guild of prophets called out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead. You well know what a good man he was, devoted to God . And now the man to whom he was in debt is on his way to collect by taking my two children as slaves." Elisha said, "I wonder how I can be of help. Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Nothing," she said. "Well, I do have a little oil." "Here's what you do," said Elisha. "Go up and down the street and borrow jugs and bowls from all your neighbors. And not just a few—all you can get. Then come home and lock the door behind you, you and your sons. Pour oil into each container; when each is full, set it aside." She did what he said. She locked the door behind her and her sons; as they brought the containers to her, she filled them. When all the jugs and bowls were full, she said to one of her sons, "Another jug, please." He said, "That's it. There are no more jugs." Then the oil stopped. She went and told the story to the man of God. He said, "Go sell the oil and make good on your debts. Live, both you and your sons, on what's left." One day Elisha passed through Shunem. A leading lady of the town talked him into stopping for a meal. And then it became his custom: Whenever he passed through, he stopped by for a meal. "I'm certain," said the woman to her husband, "that this man who stops by with us all the time is a holy man of God. Why don't we add on a small room upstairs and furnish it with a bed and desk, chair and lamp, so that when he comes by he can stay with us?" And so it happened that the next time Elisha came by he went to the room and lay down for a nap. Then he said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the Shunammite woman I want to see her." He called her and she came to him. Through Gehazi Elisha said, "You've gone far beyond the call of duty in taking care of us; what can we do for you? Do you have a request we can bring to the king or to the commander of the army?" She replied, "Nothing. I'm secure and satisfied in my family." 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." "Call her in," said Elisha. He called her and she stood at the open door. Elisha said to her, "This time next year you're going to be nursing an infant son." "O my master, O Holy Man," she said, "don't play games with me, teasing me with such fantasies!" The woman conceived. A year later, just as Elisha had said, she had a son. The child grew up. One day he went to his father, who was working with the harvest hands, complaining, "My head, my head!" His father ordered a servant, "Carry him to his mother." The servant took him in his arms and carried him to his mother. He lay on her lap until noon and died. She took him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut him in alone, and left. She then called her husband, "Get me a servant and a donkey so I can go to the Holy Man; I'll be back as soon as I can." "But why today? This isn't a holy day—it's neither New Moon nor Sabbath." She said, "Don't ask questions; I need to go right now. Trust me." She went ahead and saddled the donkey, ordering her servant, "Take the lead—and go as fast as you can; I'll tell you if you're going too fast." And so off she went. She came to the Holy Man at Mount Carmel. The Holy Man, spotting her while she was still a long way off, said to his servant Gehazi, "Look out there; why, it's the Shunammite woman! Quickly now. Ask her, ‘Is something wrong? Are you all right? Your husband? Your child?'" She said, "Everything's fine." 27 But when she reached the Holy Man at the mountain, she threw herself at his feet and held tightly to him. Gehazi came up to pull her away, but the Holy Man said, "Leave her alone—can't you see that she's in distress? But God hasn't let me in on why; I'm completely in the dark." 28 Then she spoke up: "Did I ask for a son, master? Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't tease me with false hopes'?" 29 He ordered Gehazi, "Don't lose a minute—grab my staff and run as fast as you can. If you meet anyone, don't even take time to greet him, and if anyone greets you, don't even answer. Lay my staff across the boy's face."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My head: From this peculiar exclamation, and the season of the year, it is probable he was affected by the coup de soleil, or stroke of the sun, which is by no means uncommon in hot climates, and often proves fatal. Job 14:1, Job 14:2, Jeremiah 4:19
Cross-References
Genesis 2:18
God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion." So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion." So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
Genesis 4:6
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."
Matthew 19:8
Jesus said, "Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hard heartedness, but it is not part of God's original plan. I'm holding you to the original plan, and holding you liable for adultery if you divorce your faithful wife and then marry someone else. I make an exception in cases where the spouse has committed adultery."
Jesus said, "Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hard heartedness, but it is not part of God's original plan. I'm holding you to the original plan, and holding you liable for adultery if you divorce your faithful wife and then marry someone else. I make an exception in cases where the spouse has committed adultery."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he said unto his father, my head, my head,.... After he had been some time with him, he complained of a pain in his head, which might be owing, as Abarbinel thinks, to the sun's beating upon it, being harvest time, and hot weather; and the pain being exceeding great and vehement, he repeated his complaint, see Jeremiah 4:19
and he said to a lad, carry him home to his mother; his father gave orders to a lad that attended the reapers to have him home to his mother, that she might give him something to ease him of his pain.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The childâs malady was a sunstroke. The inhabitants of Palestine suffered from this (Psalms 121:6; Isaiah 49:10; Judith 8:3).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 4:19. My head, any head. — Probably affected by the coup de soleil, or sun stroke, which might, in so young a subject, soon occasion death, especially in that hot country.
