18And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?


In Context

15 And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him,

16 and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send.

17 And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.

18 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?

19 And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold now, the situation of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.

20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

2 Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, 'Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?