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The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house back and forth once, and went up and bent down on him; and the boy sneezed seven times, then the boy opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the boy sneezed seven times and the boy opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up [again] and stretched himself out on him; and the boy sneezed seven times and he opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room, then he went back and leaned over the boy's body. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Elisha got up, walked across the room and came back, and then got back on the bed and crouched over him. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Elisha got up, walked around the room, and then went back and again stretched himself over the boy. The boy sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he went downstairs, walked around back and forth inside the house once, went back up to his upper chamber, and stretched himself over the child again. The young man sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Elisha went back and walked around in the house. Then he got up on the bed again and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he turns back and walks in the house, once here and once there, and goes up and stretches himself on him, and the youth sneezes until seven times, and the youth opens his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he turneth back and walketh in the house, once hither and once thither, and goeth up and stretcheth himself upon him, and the youth sneezeth till seven times, and the youth openeth his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will turn back and go into the house, once hence, and once thence; and he will go up, and he will bow himself upon him: and the boy will sneeze, even to seven times; and the boy will open his eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned and walked in the house, once to and fro: and he went up, and lay upon him: and the child gaped seven times, and opened his eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And returning, he walked around the house, first here and then there. And he went up, and lay across him. And the boy gasped seven times, and he opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He arose, paced up and down the room, and then once more stretched himself over him, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He got down, walked once to and fro in the room, then got up again and bent over him; the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked to and fro in the house; and went up and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he returned and walked in the house, once here and once there, and he went up and he bowed upon him, and the boy yawned seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/4-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1290" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">34</span>Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Elisha turned away</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and paced</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">back and forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2008.htm" title="2008: hên·nāh (Adv) -- Hither. From hen; hither or thither."></a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: wə·’a·ḥaṯ (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2008.htm" title="2008: hên·nāh (Adv) -- Hither. From hen; hither or thither."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·ba·yiṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">across the room.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">Then he got on the bed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1457.htm" title="1457: way·yiḡ·har (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bend, crouch. A primitive root; to prostrate oneself.">and stretched himself out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over the boy again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: han·na·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">and the boy</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2237.htm" title="2237: way·zō·w·rêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To sneeze. A primitive root; perhaps to diffuse, i.e. to sneeze.">sneezed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: pə·‘ā·mîm (N-fp) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">times</a> <a href="/hebrew/6491.htm" title="6491: way·yip̄·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To open, to be observant. A primitive root; to open; figuratively, to be observant.">and opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: han·na·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nāw (N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">his eyes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-21.htm">1 Kings 17:21-22</a></span><br />Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!” / And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-40.htm">Acts 9:40-41</a></span><br />Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. / Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-14.htm">Luke 7:14-15</a></span><br />Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!” / And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-41.htm">Mark 5:41-42</a></span><br />Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!” / Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they were utterly astounded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-43.htm">John 11:43-44</a></span><br />After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” / The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-25.htm">Matthew 9:25</a></span><br />After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Hebrews 11:35</a></span><br />Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-10.htm">Acts 20:10-12</a></span><br />But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!” / Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed. / And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13</a></span><br />Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-4.htm">Exodus 4:4</a></span><br />“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm">1 Samuel 17:35</a></span><br />I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">2 Kings 13:21</a></span><br />Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-7.htm">Ezekiel 37:7-10</a></span><br />So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. / As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. / Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-24.htm">Job 33:24-25</a></span><br />to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’ / then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">2 Kings 8:1,5</a></b></br> Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">2 Kings 13:21</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band <i>of men</i>; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-22.htm">1 Kings 17:22</a></b></br> And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Child</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Child's</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-8.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-14.htm">Hither</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-26.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-26.htm">Once</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">Open</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-15.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-11.htm">Room</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-26.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-11.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-16.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-11.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-11.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-6.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-11.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/9-16.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Child</a> <a href="/job/33-25.htm">Child's</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-36.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">Hither</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-11.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">Once</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">Open</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-1.htm">Room</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-36.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-10.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">Elisha multiplies the widow's oil</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">He obtains a son for the good Shunammite</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">He restores her son when dead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of pacing can be seen as a form of intense prayer or meditation, reflecting a deep reliance on God. In biblical context, prophets often engaged in physical acts as part of their intercessory efforts (e.g., Elijah on Mount Carmel in <a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm">1 Kings 18:42-44</a>). The room is likely the upper chamber prepared by the Shunammite woman, symbolizing a place set apart for divine encounters.<p><b>Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again,</b><br>Elisha's actions mirror those of his mentor, Elijah, who performed a similar miracle in <a href="/1_kings/17-21.htm">1 Kings 17:21</a>. This physical act of stretching out over the boy signifies a transfer of life and power, symbolizing the prophet's role as a mediator of God's life-giving power. It also prefigures the concept of resurrection, a theme that finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life (<a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a>).<p><b>and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.</b><br>The sneezing seven times is significant, as the number seven often represents completeness or perfection in the Bible (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>, <a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Revelation 1:20</a>). This act signifies the complete restoration of life to the boy. The opening of the eyes symbolizes awakening and new life, akin to spiritual rebirth. This miracle foreshadows the resurrection power of Christ, who opens the eyes of the spiritually blind and brings life to the dead (<a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39</a>, <a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Ephesians 2:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a></b><br>A prophet of God, successor to Elijah, known for performing miracles and being a powerful instrument of God's will.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shunammite_woman.htm">The Shunammite Woman</a></b><br>A hospitable woman who provided for Elisha and was blessed with a son through his prophecy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shunammite's_son.htm">The Shunammite's Son</a></b><br>The child miraculously given to the Shunammite woman, who later died and was brought back to life by Elisha.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shunem.htm">Shunem</a></b><br>The town where the Shunammite woman lived, located in the territory of Issachar.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_miracle_of_resurrection.htm">The Miracle of Resurrection</a></b><br>The event where Elisha, through God's power, raises the Shunammite woman's son from the dead.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_power.htm">Faith in God's Power</a></b><br>Elisha's actions demonstrate unwavering faith in God's ability to perform miracles. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's power, even in seemingly hopeless situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/persistence_in_prayer_and_action.htm">Persistence in Prayer and Action</a></b><br>Elisha's repeated actions show persistence. Christians are reminded to be persistent in prayer and action, trusting in God's timing and methods.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_and_care.htm">God's Compassion and Care</a></b><br>The miracle reflects God's compassion for the Shunammite woman and her family. Believers can find comfort in knowing that God cares deeply for their personal struggles and needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_number_seven.htm">Symbolism of the Number Seven</a></b><br>The boy sneezed seven times, a number often associated with completeness and perfection in the Bible. This signifies the complete restoration of life and health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_prophets_and_leaders.htm">Role of Prophets and Leaders</a></b><br>Elisha's role as a prophet underscores the importance of spiritual leaders who guide and intercede for God's people. Christians are encouraged to respect and support their spiritual leaders.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_resurrected_in_the_bible.htm">Who in the Bible was resurrected from the dead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_brain_injury.htm">What does the Bible say about brain injury?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_raising_the_dead.htm">What does the Bible say about raising the dead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_hospitals_use_faith_healing.htm">If faith healing works, why do hospitals not use it?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">He returned.</span>--From off the bed.<p><span class= "bld">Walked in the house to and fro.</span>--Or, in the <span class= "ital">chamber</span>. Elisha's walking to and fro is an index of intense excitement. He was earnestly expecting the fulfilment of his prayer. Cornelius a Lapide thinks the prophet walked "ut ambulando excitaret majorem calorem quem puero communicaret" (!)<p><span class= "bld">The child sneezed.</span>--The verb occurs here only. It denotes a <span class= "ital">faint</span> rather than a <span class= "ital">loud</span> sneeze. (Heb., '<span class= "ital">atish?h</span>; <a href="/job/41-10.htm" title="None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?">Job 41:10</a>.) It is omitted by the LXX., which has, "and he bowed himself over the boy until seven times." The repeated sneezing was a sign of restored respiration. (Comp. <a href="/luke/7-15.htm" title="And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.">Luke 7:15</a>.)<p>Keil supposes that whereas Elijah raised the widow's son at once, his successor only restored the Shunammite's son by degrees; and that this betokens an inferiority on the part of Elisha. But the narrative in <a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm" title="And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.">1Kings 17:17</a> <span class= "ital">seq</span>. is plainly abridged.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro</span>; literally, once <span class="accented">and once fro</span>; took, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, a single turn up and down the large room adjoining his bed-chamber - scarcely with any remedial object, but as men do when they are in distress and doubt. <span class="cmt_word">And went up, and stretched himself upon him</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> repeated his former act, laying himself upon the child, and warming it - <span class="cmt_word">and the child sneezed seven times</span> - showing the recovery of suspended respiration - <span class="cmt_word">and the child opened his eyes</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> came to himself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/4-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Elisha turned away</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֜שָׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and paced</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">back and forth</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">across the room.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבַּ֗יִת</span> <span class="translit">(bab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then he got on the bed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֖עַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stretched himself out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּגְהַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḡ·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1457.htm">Strong's 1457: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prostrate oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over [the boy] again,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the boy</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנַּ֙עַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·na·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sneezed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·zō·w·rêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2237.htm">Strong's 2237: </a> </span><span class="str2">To diffuse, to sneeze</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֣בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">times</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּעָמִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and opened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְקַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6491.htm">Strong's 6491: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open, to be observant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/4-35.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 4:35 Then he returned and walked (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 4:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/4-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 4:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>