Verse 31

Gehazi 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.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gehasi gikk i forveien og la stafens på guttens ansikt, men det var verken lyd eller tegn til liv. Da vendte han tilbake for å møte Elisja og sa: 'Gutten våknet ikke.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Gehasi dro foran dem og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var verken stemme eller lyd. Derfor dro han tilbake for å møte ham og fortalte ham: "Gutten har ikke våknet."

• Norsk King James

  Gehazi gikk foran dem, og la staven på barnets ansikt; men det var verken stemme eller hørsel. Så gikk han tilbake for å møte ham, og fortalte ham og sa: Barnet har ikke våknet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gehasi gikk i forveien og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det kom ingen lyd eller tegn til liv. Han gikk tilbake og møtte Elisa og sa til ham: Gutten har ikke våknet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gehasi gikk i forveien og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var ingen lyd og ingen reaksjon. Han vendte tilbake for å møte Elisja og sa: 'Gutten har ikke våknet.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gehasi gikk foran dem, la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var verken stemme eller gjenlyd. Han vendte tilbake og møtte Elisja og sa: Gutten har ikke våknet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Gehazi gikk foran dem, la staven over barnets ansikt, men det skjedde verken lyd eller liv. Da gikk han tilbake til Elisha og sa: «Barnet har ikke våknet.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Gehasi gikk foran dem, la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var verken stemme eller gjenlyd. Han vendte tilbake og møtte Elisja og sa: Gutten har ikke våknet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gehasi hadde gått i forveien og lagt staven på guttens ansikt, men det var ingen reaksjon. Ingen lyd eller tegn til liv. Han gikk tilbake og fortalte det til Elisja og sa: «Gutten er ikke våknet.»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gehazi skyndte seg foran dem og la staven på guttens ansikt; men det var verken stemme eller tegn på liv. Derfor vendte han tilbake for å møte ham og fortalte ham: 'Gutten har ikke våknet.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gihesi gik frem for deres Ansigt og lagde Staven paa Drengens Ansigt, men der var ingen Røst og ingen Agtsomhed; saa gik han tilbage og mødte ham, og gav ham tilkjende og sagde: Drengen vaagnede ikke op.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gehazi gikk i forveien og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var ingen lyd eller respons. Han vendte tilbake for å møte Elisja og sa: Gutten har ikke våknet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gehasi gikk foran dem og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det var ikke lyd eller tegn til liv. Så gikk han tilbake for å møte ham og fortalte ham: Gutten er ikke våknet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gehazi gikk foran dem og la staven på guttens ansikt, men det fantes verken lyd eller livstegn. Han vendte tilbake for å møte Elisja og sa: 'Gutten har ikke våknet opp.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gehasi gikk i forveien, men da han la staven på guttens ansikt, var det verken lyd eller tegn til liv. Så vendte han tilbake til Elisja og sa: Gutten er ikke våknet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gehasi gikk foran dem og la staven på guttens ansikt, men han talte ikke, og det var ingen tegn til liv. Gehasi kom tilbake og sa til Elisa: «Gutten er ikke våknet.»

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for Gehasi, he wente before them, and layed the staffe vpon the childes face, but there was nether voyce ner felynge. And he wente agayne to mete him, and shewed him, and sayde: The childe is not rysen vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But Gehazi was gone before them, & 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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Gehezi went before them, and layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but ther was neither voyce nor any feeling: wherfore he went againe to meete him, and tolde him, saying: The childe is not awaked.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Gehazi hath passed on before them, and layeth the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turneth back to meet him, and declareth to him, saying, `The youth hath not awaked.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, "The child has not awakened."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”

Referenced Verses

• John 11:11 : 11 After he said this, he told them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him up.'
• John 11:43-44 : 43 After saying this, he shouted in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' 44 The man who had died came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him and let him go.'
• Acts 19:13-17 : 13 Some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded. 17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
• 1 Sam 14:37 : 37 Saul inquired of God, 'Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?' But He did not answer him that day.
• 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by the Urim, nor through the prophets.
• 1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 So they took the bull that was given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, 'O Baal, answer us!' But there was no response, no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
• 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening offering. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
• Job 14:12 : 12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
• Ezek 14:3 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them?
• Dan 12:2 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Matt 17:16-20 : 16 I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him. 17 Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.' 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?' 20 He replied, 'Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.'
• Mark 5:39 : 39 He went inside and said to them, 'Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.'
• Mark 9:19-29 : 19 Jesus replied, 'O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.' 20 They brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground, rolled around, and foamed at the mouth. 21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' He replied, 'Since childhood. 22 It has often thrown him into fire and water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, please have compassion on us and help us.' 23 Jesus said to him, 'If you can? Everything is possible for the one who believes. 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out, 'I believe! Help my unbelief!' 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying, 'You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!' 26 The spirit cried out, convulsed him violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, 'He is dead.' 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, lifted him up, and he stood. 28 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, 'Why couldn’t we drive it out?' 29 He replied, 'This kind can only come out by prayer and fasting.'