2 Kings 2:18
World English Bible (WEB)
They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
In context
16 They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the LORD’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”
17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.
18 They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
20 He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:18 in every translation
- 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’?”
- 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?
- 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?