2 Kings 4:27
Good News Translation
but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha said, "Leave her alone. Can't you see she's deeply distressed? And the LORD has not told me a thing about it."

New Revised Standard Version
When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

Contemporary English Version
But as soon as she got to the top of the mountain, she went over and grabbed Elisha by the feet. Gehazi started toward her to push her away, when Elisha said, "Leave her alone! Don't you see how sad she is? But the LORD hasn't told me why."

New American Bible
But when she reached the man of God on the mountain, she clasped his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said: “Let her alone, she is in bitter anguish; the LORD hid it from me and did not let me know.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

him by the feet [heb] by his feet

Matthew 28:9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet and adored him.

Luke 7:38 And standing behind at his feet. she began to wash his feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

thrust

Matthew 15:23 Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:

Matthew 20:31 And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.

Mark 10:13 And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.

John 4:27 And immediately his disciples came. And they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? Or: Why talkest thou with her?

John 12:4-6 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: . . .

Let her alone

Mark 14:6 But Jesus said: Let her alone. Why do You molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

John 12:7 Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

vexed [heb] bitter

1 Samuel 1:10 As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears,

Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Proverbs 14:10 The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.

Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

hid it from me

2 Kings 6:12 And one of his servants said: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.

Genesis 18:17 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:

2 Samuel 7:3 And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in they heart: because the Lord is with thee.

Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

John 15:15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

Context
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
26Go, therefore, to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thy husband, and with thy son? And she answered: Well. 27And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.28And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me?…
Cross References
2 Kings 4:25
So she went forward, and came to the man of God, to mount Carmel: and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi, his servant: Behold that Sunamitess.

2 Kings 4:26
Go, therefore, to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thy husband, and with thy son? And she answered: Well.

2 Kings 4:26
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