2 Kings 1:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ Therefore thus says Adonai: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on, for you will surely die.’” And Elijah departed.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Therefore the Lord says: You [Ahaziah] shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Common English Bible

⁴ This is what the LORD says: You will never get out of the bed you are lying in; you will die for sure!’” So Elijah set off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.' " And Elijah went away.

2 Kings 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 2:17

But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you must not eat. For when you eat from it, you most assuredly will die!

Genesis 3:4

The serpent said to the woman, “You most assuredly won’t die!

1 Kings 14:12

“As for you, arise and go to your house. As soon as you set foot in the town, the boy will die.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 1:16

Then Elijah said to the king, “Thus says Adonai: You have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on, for you will surely die.”

2 Kings 1:5

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Kings 1:6

They answered him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us: ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, thus says Adonai, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on, for you will surely die.”’”

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So Isaiah the prophet son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Adonai: Put your house in order. For you are dying, and will not live.”

2 Kings 8:10

Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him: ‘You will surely recover.’ However, Adonai has also shown me that he will surely die.”

Proverbs 11:19

Steadfast righteousness leads to life, but pursuing evil ends in death.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, every living soul is Mine—the soul of father as well as the soul of son—both are Mine. Behold, the soul who sins is the one who will die.

Numbers 26:65

because Adonai had said they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, Adonai will also give the Israelites who are with you into the hand of the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me! Yes, Adonai will give the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”