Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageElisha said, 'About this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.' But she cried, 'No, my lord! Man of God—please don't raise false hope in your servant!'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe said, 'At this season—at the appointed time next year—you will be embracing a son.' She said, 'No, my lord! Man of Elohim—do not deceive your servant!'
KJV
King James VersionAnd he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
Footnotes
The phrase *lammoed hazeh* (לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה) — 'at this appointed time' — uses *moed*, the very word for Israel's sacred appointed feasts (Lev. 23:2). The birth is not accidental but scheduled in the divine calendar—a *moed*, a sacred appointment. Her protest uses *tekhazev* (תְּכַזֵּב), 'lie/deceive'—raw, honest grief from a woman long acquainted with barrenness. FOG renders the covenantal weight of *moed* with 'appointed time'; FOG Message captures the emotional rawness of her protest.