18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?


In Context

15 And when the sons of the prophets who were to view at Jericho, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

16 And they said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, 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, Ye shall not send.

17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

19 And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?

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 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?