When they came back to him (he had remained at Jericho), he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
2 Kings 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But when they urged him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men who searched for three days but did not find him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when they urged him till he was embarrassed, he said, Send. So they sent fifty men, who sought for three days but did not find him. American Standard Version (1901) And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. Common English Bible They insisted until he became embarrassed and said, “Okay, send them.” So they sent fifty men who searched for three days. But they couldn’t find Elijah. Catholic Public Domain Version And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, "Send them." And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not. |
When they came back to him (he had remained at Jericho), he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
He fixed his gaze and stared at him to the point of embarrassment. Then the man of God wept.
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.
By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death, and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”