2 Kings 4:16 
Context| NETBible | He said, “About this time next year 1 you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” |
| NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 4:16 |
"About this time next year," Elisha said, "you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord," she objected. "Don’t mislead your servant, O man of God!" |
| NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 4:16 |
Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." |
| NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 4:16 |
"Next year at about this time you will be holding a son in your arms!" "No, my lord!" she protested. "Please don’t lie to me like that, O man of God." |
| MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 4:16 |
Elisha said to her, "This time next year you're going to be nursing an infant son." "O my master, O Holy Man," she said, "don't play games with me, teasing me with such fantasies!" |
| BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 4:16 |
And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 4:16 |
He said, "At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son." She replied, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant." |
| NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 4:16 |
Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!" |
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| NETBible | He said, “About this time next year 1 you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57. |

