1 Kings 13:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Then as he went away, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And when he had gone, a lion met him by the road and slew him, and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

Common English Bible

²⁴ The man of God departed, and a lion found him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown down on the road. The donkey stood beside it, and the lion also stood beside the body.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And when he had departed, a lion found him along the way, and it killed him, and his dead body was left upon the road. Now the donkey was standing beside him. And the lion was standing beside the dead body.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him. And his body was cast in the way; and the ass stood by him; and the lion stood by the dead body.

1 Kings 13:24 Cross References

1 Kings 13:23

After the man of God had eaten food and had drunk, they saddled for him a donkey belonging to the prophet who had brought him back.

1 Kings 20:36

Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, as soon as you have left me, a lion will kill you.” And when he had left him, a lion met him and killed him.

2 Kings 2:24

When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 26:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”

Amos 5:19

as if someone fled from a lion and was met by a bear or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall and was bitten by a snake.

Numbers 22:33

The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let it live.”