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Wycliffe Bible

2 Kings 4:19

and to the repers, he seide to his fadir, Myn heed akith, myn heed akith. And he seide to a child, Take, and lede hym to his modir.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Children;   Elisha;   Miracles;   Shunammite;   Sunstroke;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Cares of Motherhood;   Children;   Diseases;   Health-Disease;   Home;   Motherhood, Cares of;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Sun-Stroke;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Diseases;   Head;   Parents;   Sun, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Child;   Gehazi;   Lad;   Sick;   Sun, Smiting by;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Suddenly he complained to his father, “My head! My head!”
Hebrew Names Version
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
King James Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
English Standard Version
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Century Version
The boy said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father said to his servant, "Take him to his mother!"
New English Translation
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Amplified Bible
But he said to his father, "My head, my head." The man said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New American Standard Bible
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" And his father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his young man, "Carry him to his mother."
Contemporary English Version
Suddenly he shouted, "My head hurts. It hurts a lot!" "Carry him back to his mother," the father said to his servant.
Complete Jewish Bible
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head! My head hurts!" He said to his servant, "Carry him back to his mother."
Darby Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
Easy-to-Read Version
The boy said to his father, "Oh, my head! My head hurts!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother!"
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his father, Oh, my head, my head! And his father said to a servant, Take him up and carry him to his mother.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
Then he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to the servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Literal Translation
And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to the young man, Carry him to his mother.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& sayde vnto his father: Oh my heade, my heade. He saide vnto his seruaut: Bringe him to his mother.
American Standard Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said vnto his father: My head, my head. And he saide to a lad: Cary him to his mother.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto his father, My head, my head: and he said to a ladde, Carie him to his mother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that he said to his father, My head, my head. and his father said to a servant, carry him to his mother.
English Revised Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
Berean Standard Bible
"My head! My head!" he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'
Update Bible Version
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his attendant, Carry him to his mother.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
World English Bible
He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
New King James Version
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Living Translation
Suddenly he cried out, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother."
New Life Bible
He said to his father, "O, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New Revised Standard
He complained to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he said unto his father - My head! my head! So he said unto the young man, Carry him to his mother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant. Take him, and carry him to his mother.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

Contextual Overview

18 Sotheli the child encreeside; and whanne sum day was, and the child was goon out, and yede to his fadir, 19 and to the repers, he seide to his fadir, Myn heed akith, myn heed akith. And he seide to a child, Take, and lede hym to his modir. 20 And whanne he hadde take, and hadde brouyt hym to his modir, sche settide hym on hir knees `til to myddai, and he was deed. 21 Sotheli she stiede, and leide hym on the litil bed of the man of God, and closide the dore. 22 And sche yede out, and clepide hir hosebonde, and seide, Y biseche, sende thou with me oon of the children, and an asse, and Y schal renne out `til to the man of God, and Y schal turne ayen. 23 And he seide to hir, For what cause goist thou to hym? to dai ben not calendis, nether sabat. And she answeride, Y schal go. 24 And sche sadlide the asse, and comaundide to the child, Dryue thou, and haaste; make thou not tariyng to me in goyng, and do thou this thing which Y comaunde to thee. 25 Therfor sche yede forth, and cam to the man of God, in to the hil of Carmele. And whanne the man of God hadde seyn hir euene ayen, he seide to Giezi, his child, Lo! thilke Sunamyte; go thou therfor in to the metyng of hir, 26 and seie thou to hir, Whether it is doon riytfuli aboute thee, and aboute thin hosebonde, and aboute thi sone? And sche answeride, Riytfuli. 27 And whanne sche hadde come to the man of God, in to the hil, sche took his feet; and Giezi neiyede, that he schulde remoue hir. And the man of God seide, Suffre thou hir; for hir soule is in bitternesse, and the Lord helde priuy fro me, and schewide not to me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My head: From this peculiar exclamation, and the season of the year, it is probable he was affected by the coup de soleil, or stroke of the sun, which is by no means uncommon in hot climates, and often proves fatal. Job 14:1, Job 14:2, Jeremiah 4:19

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.
Genesis 2:24
Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
Genesis 4:4
and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
Genesis 4:6
And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thou wrooth, and whi felde doun thi face?
Matthew 19:8
And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto his father, my head, my head,.... After he had been some time with him, he complained of a pain in his head, which might be owing, as Abarbinel thinks, to the sun's beating upon it, being harvest time, and hot weather; and the pain being exceeding great and vehement, he repeated his complaint, see Jeremiah 4:19

and he said to a lad, carry him home to his mother; his father gave orders to a lad that attended the reapers to have him home to his mother, that she might give him something to ease him of his pain.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The child’s malady was a sunstroke. The inhabitants of Palestine suffered from this (Psalms 121:6; Isaiah 49:10; Judith 8:3).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 4:19. My head, any head. — Probably affected by the coup de soleil, or sun stroke, which might, in so young a subject, soon occasion death, especially in that hot country.


 
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