And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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Verse 27 is found in chapter 4 of 2 Kings. The Shunammite woman’s son becomes ill and dies, transforming the promise previously received into a profound crisis. The woman seeks Elisha and refuses to accept a superficial solution. The prophet prays and acts persistently until the child returns to life. The episode is one of the clearest expressions of God’s life-giving power in Elisha’s ministry. It also develops an important narrative tension: receiving a gift from God does not automatically eliminate suffering. The woman’s faith appears in a situation where the promise seems to have been nullified, and restoration again confirms the authority of the prophetic word.
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Da sie aber zu dem Mann Gottes auf den Berg kam, hielt sie ihn bei seinen Füßen; Gehasi aber trat herzu, daß er sie abstieße. Aber der Mann Gottes sprach: Laß sie! denn ihre Seele ist betrübt, und der HERR hat mir's verborgen und nicht angezeigt.
Y luego que llegó al varón de Dios en el monte, asió de sus pies. Y llegose Giezi para quitarla; mas el varón de Dios le dijo: Déjala, porque su alma está en amargura, y Jehová me ha encubierto el motivo, y no me lo ha revelado.
Cuando llegó hasta el hombre de Dios en el monte, se aferró a sus pies. Giezi se acercó para apartarla, pero el hombre de Dios dijo: «Déjala, porque su alma está llena de amargura. Jehová me lo ha ocultado y no me lo ha dado a conocer».
Et dès qu'elle fut arrivée auprès de l'homme de Dieu sur la montagne, elle embrassa ses pieds. Guéhazi s'approcha pour la repousser. Mais l'homme de Dieu dit: Laisse-la, car son âme est dans l'amertume, et l'Eternel me l'a caché et ne me l'a point fait connaître.
Ma quando fu giunta all’uomo di Dio, al monte, gli prese i piedi. E Ghehazi si appressò, per respingerla indietro. Ma l’uomo di Dio gli disse: Lasciala; perciocchè l’anima sua è in amaritudine, e il Signore me ne ha celata la cagione, e non me l’ha dichiarata.
Chegando ela, pois, ao homem de Deus, ao monte, pegou nos seus pés; mas chegou Geazi para retirá-la; disse porém o homem de Deus: Deixa-a, porque a sua alma está triste de amargura, e o SENHOR me encobriu, e não me manifestou.
婦人上了山,到神人那裏,就抱住神人的腳。 基哈西 前來要推開她,神人說:「由她吧!因為她心裏愁苦。但耶和華向我隱瞞這事,沒有告訴我。」
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