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?


In Context

15 And the sons of the prophets at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground,

16 And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.

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

19 And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.

20 And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

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?