complete verse (2 Kings 4:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 4:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Elisha said, ‘Well, what can be done for this woman?’ Gehazi answered, ‘Well/You see, this woman has no son and her husband is old.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Elisha asked Gehazi, "If so, is there not something that we could do for her, that she does not have?"
    Gehazi replied, "She doesn’t have a son yet, and, as for her husband, he has already become an old man."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Elisha asked Gehazi, ‘Well/So, what can- we (incl.) -do for her?’ Gehazi replied, ‘She has no male child and her husband is old already.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Later, Elisha asked Gehazi, ‘What do you think that we can do for that woman?’
    He replied, ‘She does not have a son, and her husband is an old man. So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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