2 Kings 2:18
16 “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
17 But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to 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
- When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
- KJV
- And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
- WEB
- They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
- ASV
- And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
- DARBY
- 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?
- BLB
- And they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho. And he said to them, “Did not I say to you⁺ not to go?”
- ÅB
- Og de vendte tilbake til ham, mens han enda oppholdt seg i Jeriko; og han sa til dem: Sa jeg ikke til dere at dere ikke skulle gå?
- OTB
- Da de kom tilbake til Elisja, som hadde blitt i Jeriko, sa han til dem, «Sa jeg ikke til dere at dere ikke skulle gå?»
- B1930
- Og de vendte tilbake til ham, mens han ennu opholdt sig i Jeriko; og han sa til dem: Sa jeg ikke til eder at I ikke skulde gå?