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Elisha Succeeds Elijah

2 Kings 2:18

In 11 translations

BSB
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
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?
WEB
They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
ASV
And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
LSV
and they return to him—and he is abiding in Jericho—and he says to them, “Did I not say to you, Do not go?”
YLT
and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, 'Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'
DBY
And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
DRC
And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?
GNV
Therefore they returned to him, (for he taryed at Iericho) and he said vnto them, Did not I say vnto you, Goe not?
JPS
And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them: 'Did I not say unto you: Go not?'
LXXE
And they returned to him, for he dwelt in Jericho: and Elisaie said, Did I not say to you, Go not?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ אֵלָ֔יו וְה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירִיח֑וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם הֲלֽוֹא־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם אַל־תֵּלֵֽכוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκάθητο ἐν Ἱεριχώ· καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαῖε, οὐκ εἶπον πρὸς ὑμᾶς, μὴ πορευθῆτε;

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📍 Jericho◆ Prophecies of Elisha

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