2 Kings 4:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 4:19 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
  2. Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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