2 Kings 1:5 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said, Why have you turned back?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

Common English Bible

⁵ The messengers returned to Ahaziah. He said to them, “Why have you come back?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the messengers returned to Ahaziah. And he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?

English Standard Version 2016

⁵ The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Kings 1:5 Cross References

2 Kings 1:4

Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

2 Kings 1:6

And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.