Parallel Verses
Amplified
They returned to Elisha while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?”
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?
Holman Bible
When they returned to him in Jericho
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?
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
But when they urged him until he was embarrassed [to refuse them], he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
18 They returned to Elisha while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not go’?”
19
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, this city is in a pleasant place, as my lord [Elisha] sees; but the water is bad and the land