1 Kings 13:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:”
1 Kings 13:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 13:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 13:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;”
1 Kings 13:8 — World English Bible
1 Kings 13:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; ”
1 Kings 13:8 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 13:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;”
1 Kings 13:8 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 13:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the man ofGod said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; ”
1 Kings 13:8 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 13:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But the man of God saide vnto the King, If thou wouldest giue me halfe thine house, I would not goe in with thee, neither woulde I eate bread nor drinke water in this place.”
1 Kings 13:8 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 13:8 in Context — 1 Kings 13
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
What Does 1 Kings 13:8 Mean?
1 Kings 13:8 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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