1 Kings 13:16
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
In context
14 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.”
15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
16 He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17 For it was said to me by the LORD’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’”
18 He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the LORD’s word, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him.
1 Kings 13:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he saith, 'I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: