2 Kings 4:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁸ Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive 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

And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.”

2 Kings 4:29

He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet any one, do not salute him; and if any one salutes you, do not reply; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.”