7And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?


In Context

4 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.

5 And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

6 And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

7 And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

8 And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy garment, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

9 And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!

2 Kings 1:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The king asked them, "What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said unto them, What manner of man [was he] which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7He said to them, |What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And he saith unto them, 'What is the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And he said to them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?