4Now therefore thus says Yahweh, |You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.|'| Elijah departed.


In Context

1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, |Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.|

3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, |Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

4 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, |You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.|'| Elijah departed.

5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, |Why is it that you have returned?|

6 They said to him, |A man came up to meet us, and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'|'|

2 Kings 1:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Therefore this is what the Lord says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!' " So Elijah went.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Wherefore thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;' and Elijah goeth on.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Now therefore thus said the LORD, You shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.