2 Kings 1:5

In 11 translations

BSB

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

KJV

¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

WEB

The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

ASV

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

LSV

And the messengers return to him, and he says to them, “What [is] this—you have turned back!”

YLT

And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, 'What [is] this — ye have turned back!'

DBY

And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

DRC

And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?

GNV

And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?

JPS

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them: 'Why is it that ye are returned?'

LXXE

And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

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WLC

וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מַה־זֶּ֥ה שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς, τί ὅτι ἐπεστρέψατε;

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