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New Century Version

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son at that time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Shunammite;   Vicegerency;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gehazi;   Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Furniture;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gehazi;   Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gehazi ;   Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gehazi;   Life;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time the following year, as Elisha had promised her.
Hebrew Names Version
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.
King James Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
English Standard Version
But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
New English Translation
The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Amplified Bible
But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, just as Elisha had said to her.
New American Standard Bible
Now the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had told her.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the woman conceiued, & bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elisha had sayd vnto her.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her.
Contemporary English Version
But a few months later, the woman got pregnant. She gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had promised.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son the following year when the season came around, just as Elisha had said to her.
Darby Translation
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the woman did become pregnant and gave birth to a son that next spring, just as Elisha had said.
George Lamsa Translation
And the woman conceived and bore a son; at the season that Elisha had said to her, she was with child.
Good News Translation
But, as Elisha had said, at about that time the following year she gave birth to a son.
Lexham English Bible
But the woman conceived, and she bore a son in the spring, which Elisha had promised to her.
Literal Translation
And the woman conceived and bore a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the woman conceaued, and bare a sonne aboute the same tyme, wha the frute coulde lyue, acordynge as Eliseus had sayde vnto her.
American Standard Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
Bible in Basic English
Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the wyfe conceaued, and bare a sonne that same season that Elisa had sayde vnto her, acording to the tyme of lyfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
King James Version (1611)
And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that season, that Elisha had said vnto her, according to the time of life.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her.
English Revised Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
Berean Standard Bible
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the womman conseyuede, and childide a sone in the tyme, and in the same our, in which Elisee hadde seid.
Young's Literal Translation
And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.
Update Bible Version
And the woman became pregnant, and gave birth to a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.
World English Bible
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.
New King James Version
But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.
New Living Translation
But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said.
New Life Bible
Later she was going to have a child and she gave birth to a son at that time the next year, as Elisha had told her.
New Revised Standard
The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the woman conceived, and bare a son, at this season, about the time of spring, when Elisha, had spoken unto her.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the woman conceived, and brought forth a son in the time, and at the same hour that Eliseus had said.
Revised Standard Version
But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Eli'sha had said to her.
THE MESSAGE
The woman conceived. A year later, just as Elisha had said, she had a son.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her.

Contextual Overview

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. 9 The woman said to her husband, "I know that this is a holy man of God who passes by our house all the time. 10 Let's make a small room on the roof and put a bed in the room for him. We can put a table, a chair, and a lampstand there. Then when he comes by, he can stay there." 11 One day Elisha came to the woman's house. After he went to his room and rested, 12 he said to his servant Gehazi, "Call the Shunammite woman." When the servant had called her, she stood in front of him. 13 Elisha had told his servant, "Now say to her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak to the king or the commander of the army for you?'" She answered, "I live among my own people." 14 Elisha said to Gehazi, "But what can we do for her?" He answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old." 15 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, "Call her." When he called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 Then Elisha said, "About this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms." The woman said, "No, master, man of God, don't lie to me, your servant!" 17 But the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son at that time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 21:1, 1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 1:20, Psalms 113:9, Luke 1:24, Luke 1:25, Luke 1:36, Hebrews 11:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:19 - Sarah Genesis 18:10 - according Genesis 21:2 - conceived 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great Matthew 1:21 - she Matthew 10:41 - that receiveth a prophet Luke 1:13 - thy prayer

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son named Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
When Absalom was alive, he had set up a pillar for himself in the King's Valley. He said, "I have no son to keep my name alive." So he named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom's Monument even today.
Psalms 49:11
Their graves will always be their homes. They will live there from now on, even though they named places after themselves.
Daniel 4:30
he said, "I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at the season that Elisha said unto her,.... Quickly after this she conceived, and became pregnant, and by that time the year came round, she was brought to bed of a son:

according to the time of life: when she had gone her full time to have a son born alive, and live.


 
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