Lièwángjìxià 4:31

31 Jī hā xī xiān qù , bǎ zhàng fàng zaì háizi liǎn shàng , què méiyǒu shēngyīn , yĕ méiyǒu dòng jìng . jī hā xī jiù yíng zhe Yǐlìshā huí lái , gàosu tā shuō , háizi hái méiyǒu xǐng guō lái .

Lièwángjìxià 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:31

And Gehazi passed on before them
The prophet and the Shunammite:

and laid the staff upon the face of the child;
as he was ordered:

but there was neither voice nor hearing:
it seems as if he spoke when he laid the staff on the child, but it heard and answered him not, so that there was no sign of life in it:

wherefore he went again to meet him;
upon the road between Carmel and Shunem:

and told him, saying, the child is not awaked;
by which he expresses its being dead; or, if he knew nothing of its death, he supposed it fast asleep, which was the reason of its not hearing and answering, though the former seems best.

Lièwángjìxià 4:31 In-Context

29 Yǐlìshā fēnfu jī hā xī shuō , nǐ shù shàng yào , shǒu ná wǒde zhàng qián qù . ruò yùjiàn rén , búyào xiàng tā wèn ān . rén ruò xiàng nǐ wèn ān , yĕ búyào huídá . yào bǎ wǒde zhàng fàng zaì háizi liǎn shàng .

30 Háizi de mǔqin shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá , yòu gǎn zaì nǐ miànqián qǐshì , wǒ bì bù líkāi nǐ . yúshì Yǐlìshā qǐshēn , suí zhe tā qù le .

31 Jī hā xī xiān qù , bǎ zhàng fàng zaì háizi liǎn shàng , què méiyǒu shēngyīn , yĕ méiyǒu dòng jìng . jī hā xī jiù yíng zhe Yǐlìshā huí lái , gàosu tā shuō , háizi hái méiyǒu xǐng guō lái .

32 Yǐlìshā lái dào , jìn le wūzi , kànjian háizi sǐ le , fàng zaì zìjǐ de chuáng shàng .

33 Tā jiù guān shàng mén , zhǐyǒu zìjǐ hé háizi zaì lǐmiàn , tā biàn qídǎo Yēhéhuá ,