1 Kings 13:27
25 And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
28 and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
29 So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
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
- Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
- KJV
- And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
- WEB
- He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
- ASV
- And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it.
- DARBY
- And he spoke to his sons saying, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled it.
- BLB
- And he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle for me the donkey.” And they saddled [it].
- ÅB
- Deretter sa han til sine sønner: Sal eselet for meg: Så salte de det.
- OTB
- Så ga han sine sønner beskjed og sa, “Sal eslet for meg.” Så salte de det.
- B1930
- Derefter sa han til sine sønner: Sal asenet for mig: Så salte de det.