2 Kings 4:29

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

Then he said {H559} to Gehazi {H1522}, Gird up {H2296} thy loins {H4975}, and take {H3947} my staff {H4938} in thine hand {H3027}, and go thy way {H3212}: if thou meet {H4672} any man {H376}, salute {H1288} him not; and if any {H376} salute {H1288} thee, answer him not again {H6030}: and lay {H7760} my staff {H4938} upon the face {H6440} of the child {H5288}.

Then Elisha said to Geichazi, "Get dressed for action, take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, don't greet him; if anyone greets you, don't answer; and lay my staff on the child's face."

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 2:14 (7 votes)

    And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where [is] the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

  • Exodus 14:16 (5 votes)

    But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea.

  • 1 Kings 18:46 (5 votes)

    And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 2 Kings 9:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

  • Luke 10:4 (4 votes)

    Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

  • Exodus 4:17 (3 votes)

    And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

  • Exodus 7:19 (3 votes)

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.