1 Kings 13:12
10 So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
11 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
13 So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
14 and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
- KJV
- And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
- WEB
- Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
- ASV
- And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.
- DARBY
- And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
- BLB
- And their father said to them, “Where [is] this—the way he has gone?” For his sons showed him the way that the man of God had gone, who came from Judah.
- ÅB
- spurte han dem: Hva vei tok han? For hans sønner hadde sett hva vei han hadde tatt den Guds mann som var kommet fra Juda.
- OTB
- Og deres far sa til dem, “Hvilken vei gikk han?” Nå hadde sønnene hans sett hvilken vei Guds mann gikk, som hadde kommet fra Juda.
- B1930
- spurte han dem: Hvad vei tok han? For hans sønner hadde sett hvad vei han hadde tatt den Guds mann som var kommet fra Juda.