2 Kings 2:18
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And 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?