2 Kings 4:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not mislead me?’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Common English Bible

²⁸ She said, “Did I ask you for a son, sir? Didn’t I say, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And she said to him: "Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say to you, 'You should not deceive me?' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me?

2 Kings 4:28 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

2 Kings 4:16

He said, “At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son.” She replied, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.”

2 Kings 4:29

He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, give no greeting, and if anyone greets you, do not answer, and lay my staff on the face of the child.”