Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said to them, "What manner a man was that which met you and told you these words?"
New American Standard Bible
He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
King James Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Holman Bible
The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke those words to you?”
International Standard Version
He told them, "Describe the man who met you and told you these things."
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Amplified
The king asked them, “What was the appearance of the man who came up to meet you and said these things to you?”
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?
Darby Translation
And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Julia Smith Translation
And he will speak to them, What the judgment of the man who came up to your meeting, and he will speak to you these words?
King James 2000
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he spoke to them, "What [was] the manner of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you all these things?"
Modern King James verseion
And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?
NET Bible
The king asked them, "Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things."
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them, What was the manner of the man who came up to meet you, - and spake unto you these words?
Webster
And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
World English Bible
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith unto them, 'What is the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Messengers Of Ahaziah
6 And they said unto him, "There came a man against us and said unto us, 'Go and turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus sayeth the LORD. Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire through Beelzebub the god of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.'" 7 And he said to them, "What manner a man was that which met you and told you these words?" 8 And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
Cross References
Judges 8:18
And then said unto Zebah and Zalmunna, "What manner men were they which ye slew at Tabor?" And they answered, "The likeness of thee and them is all one, even after the fashion of the children of a king."
1 Samuel 28:14
And he said, "What fashion is he of?" And the woman said, "There cometh up an old man with a mantle upon him." And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and stooped with his face to the ground and bowed himself.