2 Kings 2:18
King James Version (KJV)
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
In context
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:18 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
- WEB World English Bible
- They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, 'Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?