Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
2 Kings 4:37 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took her son and left. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground. Then she took up her son and went out. American Standard Version (1901) Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out. Common English Bible She came and fell at his feet, facedown on the ground. Then she picked up her son and left. Catholic Public Domain Version She went and fell at his feet, and she reverenced upon the ground. And she took up her son, and departed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She came and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground: and took up her son, and went out. |
Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
When the company of prophets who were at Jericho saw him at a distance, they declared, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her. When she came to him, he said, “Take your son.”
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.