2 Kings 4:28

New Century Version

She said, "Master, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to lie to me?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not lie to me?’”

Hebrew Names Version
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me?

King James Version
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

English Standard Version
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?'"

New English Translation
She said, "Did I ask my master for a son? Didn't I say, ‘Don't mislead me?'"

Amplified Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not give me false hope'?"

New American Standard Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not give me false hope'?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me'?"

Contemporary English Version
The woman said, "Sir, I begged you not to get my hopes up, and I didn't even ask you for a son."

Complete Jewish Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn't I say not to deceive me?"

Darby Translation
And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then she said, "Sir, I never asked for a son. I told you, ‘Don't trick me!'"

George Lamsa Translation
Then she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say to you, Do not ask a son for me?

Good News Translation
The woman said to him, "Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to get my hopes up?"

Lexham English Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say that you must not mislead me?"

Literal Translation
And she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She sayde: Whan desyred I a sonne of my lorde? Sayde I not, yt thou shuldest not mocke me?

American Standard Version
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Bible in Basic English
Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then she saide: Did I desire a sonne of my Lorde? did I not require thee that thou shouldest not deceaue me?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'

King James Version (1611)
Then shee said, Did I desire a sonne of my Lord ? did I not say, Doe not deceiue me?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not deal deceitfully with me?

English Revised Version
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Berean Standard Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn't I say, 'Do not deceive me?'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche seide to hym, Whether I axide my sone of my lord? Whether Y seide not to thee, Scorne thou not me?

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, `Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?'

Update Bible Version
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Don't deceive me?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me.

World English Bible
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me?

New King James Version
So she said, "Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say, "Do not deceive me'?"

New Living Translation
Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord? And didn't I say, ‘Don't deceive me and get my hopes up'?"

New Life Bible
Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not lie to me'?"

New Revised Standard
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not mislead me?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said she, Did I ask a son, of my lord? Said I not, Thou must not mislead me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me?

Revised Standard Version
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?"

THE MESSAGE
Then she spoke up: "Did I ask for a son, master? Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't tease me with false hopes'?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ The boy grew up and one day went out to his father, who was with the grain harvesters. ¹⁹ The boy said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father said to his servant, "Take him to his mother!" ²⁰ The servant took him to his mother, and he lay on his mother's lap until noon. Then he died. ²¹ So she took him up and laid him on Elisha's bed. Then she shut the door and left. ²² She called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys. Then I can go quickly to the man of God and return." ²³ The husband said, "Why do you want to go to him today? It isn't the New Moon or the Sabbath day." She said, "It will be all right." ²⁴ Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Lead on. Don't slow down for me unless I tell you." ²⁵ So she went to Elisha, the man of God, at Mount Carmel. When he saw her coming from far away, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, there's the Shunammite woman! ²⁶ Run to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is the boy all right?'" She answered, "Everything is all right." ²⁷ Then she came to Elisha at the hill and grabbed his feet. Gehazi came near to pull her away, but Elisha said to him, "Leave her alone. She's very upset, and the Lord has not told me about it. He has hidden it from me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Did I desire: Genesis 30:1

Do not: 2 Kings 4:16

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:12 - my Lord Job 7:11 - the anguish Acts 9:38 - desiring

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she said, did I desire a son of my lord?.... It was not at her request she had one, at least the first motion was not from her; the prophet first told her, and assured her she should have one, without her asking for it; she might be pleased with it, and desire the promise might be fulfilled; but it was not an inordinate, importunate, desire of one, in which she had exceeded, that so the taking it away from her might be a correction of her for it:

did I not say, do not deceive me; by giving hopes of a child, and yet have none; and now it was equally the same, or worse, to have one, and then to have it taken away again as soon as had almost; so the Targum,

"did I not say unto thee, if a child is given me, let it live, if not, do not trouble or grieve me;''

and then, no doubt, she told him plainly the child was dead, and where she had laid it, though not recorded.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Great grief shrinks from putting itself into words. The Shunammite cannot bring herself to say, “My son is dead;” but by reproaching the prophet with having “deceived” her, she sufficiently indicates her loss.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. Did I desire a son of my lord? — I expressed no such wish to thee; I was contented and happy; and when thou didst promise me a son, did I not say, Do not deceive me? Do not mock me with a child which shall grow up to be attractive and engaging, but of whom I shall soon be deprived by death.