But my covenant I establish with Yitzchak, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.*
2 Kings 4:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Elisha said, At this season when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid. Common English Bible Elisha said, “About this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms.” But she said, “No, man of God, sir; don’t lie to your servant.” Catholic Public Domain Version he said to her, "At this time, and at this same hour, with life as a companion, you will have a son in your womb." But she responded, "Do not, I ask you, my lord, a man of God, do not be willing to lie to your handmaid." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said to her: At this time, and this same hour, if life accompany, thou shalt have a son in thy womb. But she answered: Do not, I beseech thee, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid. |
But my covenant I establish with Yitzchak, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.*
He said, *I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.* Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
She said to Eliyahu, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!
The woman said to Eliyahu, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.
He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ach'av, to kill me?
The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me?
But the angel said to him, *Don't be afraid, Zekharyah, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elisheva, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yochanan.