16But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, nor drink water in this place :


In Context

13 And he said to his sons: Saddle me the ass. And when they had saddled him, he got up,

14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a turpentine tree: and he said to him: Art thou the man of God that camest from Juda? He answered: I am.

15 And he said to him: Come home with me, to eat bread.

16 But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, nor drink water in this place :

17 Because the Lord spoke to me in the word of the Lord, saying: Thou shalt not eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water there, nor return by the way thou wentest.

18 He said to him: I also am a prophet like unto thee: and an angel spoke to me in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him,

1 Kings 13:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16The man of God said, "I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16He said, |I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he saith, 'I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place: