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2 Kings 4:14

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

KJV

Et ait : Quid ergo vult ut faciam ei ? Dixitque Giezi : Ne quæras : filium enim non habet, et vir ejus senex est.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Τί δεῖ ποιῆσαι αὐτῇ; καὶ εἶπεν Γιεζεὶ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ Καὶ μάλα υἱὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῇ, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς πρεσβύτης.

LXX

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר וּ/מֶ֖ה לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֑/הּ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י אֲבָ֛ל בֵּ֥ן אֵֽין לָ֖/הּ וְ/אִישָׁ֥/הּ זָקֵֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Gehazi

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבָל֙
'bl
adverb · 11×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גֵּיחֲזִ֗י
gychzy
proper_noun · 12×
זָקֵ֔ן
zqn
verb · 27×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:2 — And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
  • 1Sam 1:8 — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • Gen 15:2 — And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
  • Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  • Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
  • Gen 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
  • Judg 13:2 — And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
  • Luke 1:7 — And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
  • Luke 1:7 — And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.