2 Kings 4:37 “She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picke…”

2 Kings 4:37

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, 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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“fell at his feet”

2 Kings 4:27 2 Kings 2:15 1 Kings 17:24

2 Kings 4:27 · BSB

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me a…

2 Kings 2:15 · BSB

When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

1 Kings 17:24 · BSB

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

Also

Hebrews 11:35

Hebrews 11:35 · BSB

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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