2 Kings 1:5

2 Kings chapter 1 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

Context

v.4Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

v.5This passage

v.6And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.