1 Kings 13:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
1 Kings 13:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 13:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 13:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.”
1 Kings 13:16 — World English Bible
1 Kings 13:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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: ”
1 Kings 13:16 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 13:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And 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,”
1 Kings 13:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 13:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And 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. ”
1 Kings 13:16 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 13:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But he answered, I may not returne with thee, nor go in with thee, neither wil I eate bread nor drinke water with thee in this place.”
1 Kings 13:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 13:16 in Context — 1 Kings 13
14 And 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 He said unto him, I am a prophet also 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.
What Does 1 Kings 13:16 Mean?
1 Kings 13:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 13. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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