But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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:
- NKJV And he said, “I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.
- NASB But he said, “I cannot return with you, nor come with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
- NLT “No, I cannot,” he replied. “I am not allowed to eat or drink anything here in this place.
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Quick answer
The man of God again refuses to eat or drink in that place. He restates his obedience.
Overview
Faithful so far, the man of God declines once more, recalling God's prohibition against eating or drinking there. His consistency is commendable and shows he knows the command well. This makes his eventual yielding a sobering lesson about the danger of false words.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 13:8–9But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
- Gen 3:1–3Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Matt 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Num 22:13So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
- Matt 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
- Num 22:19So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
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