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.


In Context

13 So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

14 and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "I am," he replied.

15 So the prophet said to him, "Come home with me and eat."

16 The 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.

17 I have been told by the word of the Lord : 'You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.' "

18 The old prophet answered, "I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord : 'Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.' " (But he was lying to him.)

1st Kings 13:16 in Other Translations

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 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: