Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He told them, "Describe the man who met you and told you these things."
New American Standard Bible
He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
King James Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Holman Bible
The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke those words to you?”
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Amplified
The king asked them, “What was the appearance of the man who came up to meet you and said these things to you?”
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?
Darby Translation
And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Julia Smith Translation
And he will speak to them, What the judgment of the man who came up to your meeting, and he will speak to you these words?
King James 2000
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he spoke to them, "What [was] the manner of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you all these things?"
Modern King James verseion
And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said to them, "What manner a man was that which met you and told you these words?"
NET Bible
The king asked them, "Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things."
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them, What was the manner of the man who came up to meet you, - and spake unto you these words?
Webster
And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
World English Bible
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith unto them, 'What is the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'
Interlinear
Mishpat
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Messengers Of Ahaziah
6 They replied, "We met a man who told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and ask him, "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you're going to consult with Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you won't be getting up from that bed on which you're lying. You will most certainly die!"'" 7 He told them, "Describe the man who met you and told you these things." 8 They answered, "The man was a hairy fellow. He wore a leather sash around his waist." The king responded, "It's Elijah, that foreigner!"
Cross References
Judges 8:18
Afterwards, he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What were the men like whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "Like you, each one like the son of a king""
1 Samuel 28:14
Saul told her, "What does he look like?" She said, "An old man is coming up, and he's wrapped in a robe." Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed low to the ground and prostrated himself.