Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"
New American Standard Bible
When the messengers returned to him he said to them, “
King James Version
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
Holman Bible
The messengers returned to the king, who asked them, “Why have you come back?”
International Standard Version
The messengers returned to the king and he asked them, "What's this? You've come back?"
A Conservative Version
And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that ye are returned?
American Standard Version
And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?
Amplified
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, “Why have you returned [so soon]?”
Bible in Basic English
And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?
Darby Translation
And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
Julia Smith Translation
And the messengers will turn back to him, and he will say to them, Why this ye turned back?
King James 2000
And when the messengers returned unto him, he said unto them, Why are you now returned ?
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the messengers returned to him, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"
Modern King James verseion
And the messengers turned back to him. And he said, Why have you now turned back?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the messengers turned back again unto the king. And he said unto them, "Why are ye thus come again?"
New Heart English Bible
The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"
The Emphasized Bible
And, when the messengers returned unto him, he said unto them - How is it that ye have returned?
Webster
And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why have ye now returned?
World English Bible
The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, 'What is this -- ye have turned back!'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Messengers Of Ahaziah
4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, "You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!"'" So Elijah went on his way. 5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?" 6 They replied, "A man came up to meet us. He told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, 'This is what the Lord says: "You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die."'"