So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
Parallel translations
- WEB So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- BSB but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- ESV So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.
- NKJV So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- NASB So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
- NLT So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.
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Quick answer
Persuaded by the lie, the man of God returns and eats and drinks. He disobeys God's explicit command.
Overview
Against the clear word he had twice affirmed, the man of God yields to the deception and shares the meal. His failure shows how easily a true servant can be drawn aside by a plausible falsehood. The incident underscores the necessity of holding fast to God's revealed word over persuasive human claims.
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- Deut 13:1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
- Deut 18:20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
- 1 Kgs 13:9For 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.
- Gen 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- 2 Pet 2:18–19For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
- Deut 13:5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
- Deut 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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