1 Kings 19:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you. And he [testing Elisha] said, Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

Common English Bible

Elisha immediately left the oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and my mother,” Elisha said, “then I will follow you.” Elijah replied, “Go! I’m not holding you back!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, "I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him: "Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back; for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

1 Kings 19:20 Cross References

Genesis 31:28

And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? What you have done is foolish.

Matthew 19:27

Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”

Matthew 4:20

Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 4:22

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

Acts 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,