John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 4:31

"And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked." — 2 Kings 4:31 (ASV)

And Gehazi passed on before them
The prophet and the Shunammite:

and laid the staff upon the face of the child ;
as he was ordered:

but there was neither voice nor hearing :
it seems as if he spoke when he laid the staff on the child, but it heard and answered him not, so that there was no sign of life in it:

wherefore he went again to meet him ;
upon the road between Carmel and Shunem:

and told him, saying, the child is not awaked ;
by which he expresses its being dead; or, if he knew nothing of its death, he supposed it fast asleep, which was the reason of its not hearing and answering, though the former seems best.