2 Kings 4:31

2 Kings 4:31 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

31Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in NIV · About the NIV

New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

31Then Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and informed him, saying, “The boy has not awakened.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020

Amplified Bible (AMP)

31Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response [from the boy]. So he turned back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened (revived).”

Read 2 Kings 4 in AMP · About the AMP

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

31Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in BSB · About the BSB

American Standard Version (ASV)

31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

Read 2 Kings 4 in ASV · About the ASV

Geneva Bible (GNV)

31But Gehazi was gone before them, and had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.

Read 2 Kings 4 in GNV · About the GNV

World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

31Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in WEBUS · About the WEBUS

New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

31Gehazi went on ahead. He laid Elisha’s walking stick on the boy’s face. But there wasn’t any sound. The boy didn’t move at all. So Gehazi went back to Elisha. He told him, “The boy hasn’t awakened.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in NIrV · About the NIrV

EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

31Gehazi ran ahead and he arrived before they did. He put Elisha's stick on the boy's face. But the boy did not move or make any sound. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha. He said to him, ‘The boy did not wake up.’

Read 2 Kings 4 in EASY · About the EASY

Literal Standard Version (LSV)

31And Gehazi has passed on before them, and lays the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turns back to meet him, and declares to him, saying, “The youth has not awoken.”

Read 2 Kings 4 in LSV · About the LSV