20After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.


In Context

17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

18 The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.

19 "My head! My head!" he said to his father. His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

21 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.

22 She called her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return."

2nd Kings 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until noon, and then he died.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And he carried him, and brought him to his mother; and he sat on her knees till noon, and died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.