When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- BSB When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- NKJV When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.
- NASB When Elisha entered the house, behold the boy was dead, laid on his bed.
- NLT When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed.
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Kgs 17:17After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
- Luke 8:52–53All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
- John 11:17So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
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