2 Kings 4:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

New Living Translation
Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother.”

English Standard Version
And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Berean Study Bible
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

New American Standard Bible
And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” And his father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

NASB 1995
He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

NASB 1977
And he said to his father, “My head, my head.” And he said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Amplified Bible
But he said to his father, “My head, my head.” The man said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Christian Standard Bible
Suddenly he complained to his father, “My head! My head! ” His father told his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Suddenly he complained to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

Contemporary English Version
Suddenly he shouted, "My head hurts. It hurts a lot!" "Carry him back to his mother," the father said to his servant.

Good News Translation
Suddenly he cried out to his father, "My head hurts! My head hurts!" "Carry the boy to his mother," the father said to a servant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Suddenly,] he said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father told his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

International Standard Version
He told his father, "My head! My head!" So his father ordered his servant, "Carry him over to his mother!"

NET Bible
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

New King James Version
And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” So he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

New Heart English Bible
He said to his father, "My head. My head." He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

World English Bible
He said to his father, "My head! My head!" He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

American King James Version
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

American Standard Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

A Faithful Version
And he said to his father, "My head, my head!" And he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

English Revised Version
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he said vnto his father: My head, my head. And he saide to a lad: Cary him to his mother.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
& sayde vnto his father: Oh my heade, my heade. He saide vnto his seruaut: Bringe him to his mother.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he says to his father, “My head, my head”; and he says to the young man, “Carry him to his mother”;

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will say to his father, My head, my head. And he will say to the boy, Lift him up to his mother.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant: Take him, and carry him to his mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version
he said to his father: “I have a pain in my head. I have a pain in my head.” But he said to his servant, “Take him, and lead him to his mother.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he said to his father: “My head! My head!” And he said to a boy Servant: “Pick him up! Bring him to his mother!”

Lamsa Bible
And he said to his father, Oh, my head, my head! And his father said to a servant, Take him up and carry him to his mother.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
that he said to his father, My head, my head. and his father said to a servant, carry him to his mother.
















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