And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,
And the child grew, and it came to pass one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC