Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageGehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound—no sign of life. He went back to meet Elisha and reported, 'The boy has not woken up.'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GGehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound and no response. He turned back to meet Elisha and told him, 'The boy has not awakened.'
KJV
King James VersionAnd Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleGehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
Footnotes
The staff's failure without Elisha is significant: prophetic instruments carry no inherent power apart from their bearer and YHWH. This anticipates the disciples' failure to cast out a demon without sufficient prayer (Mark 9:18, 29), reinforcing that miracles flow from divine presence, not sacred objects. The double negative—*ein qol ve-ein qashev* (no voice, no attentiveness)—uses two words for the total absence of life. FOG and FOG Message both preserve this negative parallelism.