Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
When they returned to him in Jericho
New American Standard Bible
They returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
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?
International Standard Version
By the time they returned, Elisha was living in Jericho. Then Elisha asked them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"
A Conservative Version
And they came back to him while he remained at Jericho. And he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?
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?
Amplified
They returned to Elisha while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?”
Bible in Basic English
And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
And they will turn back to him, and he sitting in Jericho; and he will say to them, Did I not say to you, Ye shall not send?
King James 2000
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they returned to him while he [was] staying in Jericho. He said to them, "Did I not tell you not to go?"
Modern King James verseion
And they returned to him, And he was staying in Jericho. And he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they came again to him, for he tarried at Jericho. And he said to them, "Did I not say unto you that ye should not go?"
NET Bible
When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go'?"
New Heart English Bible
They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not go?'"
The Emphasized Bible
And, when they came back unto him, he, having tarried at Jericho, he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Do not go?
Webster
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
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?'"
Youngs 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?'
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha Begins His Ministry
17
However, they urged him to the point of embarrassment,