2 Kings 4:37

Good News Translation

She fell at Elisha's feet, with her face touching the ground; then she took her son and left.

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.

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

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.

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 Some years later, at harvest time, the boy went out one morning to join his father, who was in the field with the harvest workers. ¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ The servant carried the boy back to his mother, who held him in her lap until noon, at which time he died. ²¹ She carried him up to Elisha's room, put him on the bed and left, closing the door behind her. ²² Then she called her husband and said to him, "Send a servant here with a donkey. I need to go to the prophet Elisha. I'll be back as soon as I can." ²³ "Why do you have to go today?" her husband asked. "It's neither a Sabbath nor a New Moon Festival." "Never mind," she answered. ²⁴ Then she had the donkey saddled, and ordered the servant, "Make the donkey go as fast as it can, and don't slow down unless I tell you to." ²⁵ So she set out and went to Mount Carmel, where Elisha was. Elisha saw her coming while she was still some distance away, and he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, there comes the woman from Shunem! ²⁶ Hurry to her and find out if everything is all right with her, her husband, and her son." She told Gehazi that everything was all right, ²⁷ but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha said, "Leave her alone. Can't you see she's deeply distressed? And the Lord has not told me a thing about it."

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.