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:


In Context

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon.

14 And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

16 And 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:

17 for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

18 And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, nor drink water 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 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: