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Literal Standard Version

2 Kings 4:11

And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shunammite;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Houses;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - 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;   Hospitality;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dwelling;   Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   House;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One day he came there and stopped at the upstairs room to lie down.
Hebrew Names Version
It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
King James Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
English Standard Version
One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
New Century Version
One day Elisha came to the woman's house. After he went to his room and rested,
New English Translation
One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested.
Amplified Bible
One day he came there and turned in to the upper room and lay down to rest.
New American Standard Bible
Now one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and rested.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that one day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber, and there he lay down.
Contemporary English Version
The next time Elisha was in Shunem, he stopped at their house and went up to his room to rest.
Complete Jewish Bible
One day Elisha came to visit there, and he went into the upper room to lie down.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.
Easy-to-Read Version
One day Elisha came to the woman's house. He went to this room and rested there.
George Lamsa Translation
And it happened on a certain day, he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay there.
Good News Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem and went up to his room to rest.
Lexham English Bible
One day it happened that he came there and went to the upper room and lay down there.
Literal Translation
And the day came when he came in there and turned into the roof room, and lay there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it fortuned vpon a tyme, that he came in, & layed him downe in the chamber, & slepte therin.
American Standard Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Bible in Basic English
Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it fortuned on a day that he came thither, and turned into the chamber, & lay therein,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber and lay there.
King James Version (1611)
And it fell on a day that hee came thither, and hee turned into the chamber, and lay there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.
English Revised Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Berean Standard Bible
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor sum dai was maad, and he cam, and turnede in to the soler, and restide there.
Young's Literal Translation
And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,
Update Bible Version
And it fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
World English Bible
It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
New King James Version
And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.
New Living Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.
New Life Bible
One day Elisha came there and went into the room on the second floor, and rested.
New Revised Standard
One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, on a day, that he came thither, - so he turned aside into the upper chamber, and slept there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now, there was a certain day, when he came, and turned into the chamber, and rested there.
Revised Standard Version
One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
THE MESSAGE
And so it happened that the next time Elisha came by he went to the room and lay down for a nap.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.

Contextual Overview

8And the day comes that Elisha passes over to Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she lays hold on him to eat bread, and it comes to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turns aside there to eat bread, 9and she says to her husband, "Now behold, I have known that he is a holy man of God, passing over by us continually; 10please let us make a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a lampstand; and it has been, in his coming to us, he turns aside there." 11And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,12and he says to his young man Gehazi, "Call for this Shunammite"; and he calls for her, and she stands before him. 13And he says to him, "Now say to her, Behold, you have troubled yourself concerning us with all this trouble; what can [I] do for you? Is it to speak for you to the king, or to the head of the host?" And she says, "I am dwelling in the midst of my people." 14And he says, "And what can [I] do for her?" And Gehazi says, "Truly she has no son, and her husband [is] aged." 15And he says, "Call for her"; and he calls for her, and she stands at the opening, 16and he says, "At this season, according to the time of life, you are embracing a son"; and she says, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." 17And the woman conceives and bears a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:8 - it fell on

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And YHWH God says to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed [are] you above all the livestock, and above every beast of the field: on your belly you go, and dust you eat, [for] all days of your life;
Genesis 4:14
behold, You have driven me today from off the face of the ground, and from Your face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it has been—everyone finding me will slay me."
Genesis 4:15
And YHWH says to him, "Therefore, of any slayer of Cain it is required sevenfold"; and YHWH sets to Cain a token that none finding him will slay him.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain goes out from before YHWH, and dwells in the land, moving about east of Eden;
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech takes to himself two wives, the name of the first Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock;
Genesis 4:21
and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he has been father of everyone handling harp and pipe.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.
Job 16:18
O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, YHWH is coming out of His place, || To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, || And the earth has revealed her blood, || Nor does she cover her slain anymore!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it fell on a day that he came thither,.... As he had been wont to do:

and he turned into the chamber; built for him, and to which he was directed:

and lay there; all night, and which no doubt was frequently repeated by him, he accepting of the kindness of his host.


 
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