17I 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.' "


In Context

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.)

19 So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.

1st Kings 13:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:17For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:17Because 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:17for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17For it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:17for 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:17for a word is unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:17For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.