They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go?’”
Parallel translations
- KJV And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
- BSB When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
- NKJV And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
- NASB They returned to him while he was staying in Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
- NLT Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he asked.
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