Verse 31

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.

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.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.'

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 These things he said: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may wake him out of sleep.
• John 11:43-44 : 43 And when he had spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.
• Acts 19:13-17 : 13 Then certain of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call on those who had evil spirits in the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We command you by Jesus whom Paul preaches. 14 There were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also living in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
• 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 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 And they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
• 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
• Job 14:12 : 12 So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.
• Ezek 14:3 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them?
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Matt 17:16-20 : 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus apart, and said, Why could we not cast him out? 20 And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there; and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
• Mark 5:39 : 39 And when he came in, he said to them, Why do you make this commotion, and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeping.
• Mark 9:19-29 : 19 He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me. 20 And they brought him to him; and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. 21 And he asked his father, How long has this been happening to him? And he said, From childhood. 22 And often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us. 23 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief. 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more. 26 And the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him; and he was as one dead, so that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not cast it out? 29 And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.