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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Kings 13:17

Because the Lord spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Thou shalt not eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water there, nor return by the way thou wentest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Judgments;   Minister, Christian;   Temptation;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Iddo;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jadon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Old Prophet, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For a message came to me by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat food or drink water there or go back by the way you came.’”
Hebrew Names Version
for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
King James Version
For it was said to me by the word of the Lord , Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
English Standard Version
for it was said to me by the word of the Lord , ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"
New Century Version
The Lord said to me, ‘Don't eat or drink anything there or return on the same road by which you came.'"
New English Translation
For the Lord gave me strict orders, ‘Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'"
Amplified Bible
"For I was told by the word of the LORD, 'You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor shall you return by going the way that you came.'"
New American Standard Bible
"For a command came to me by the word of the LORD: 'You shall not eat bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way that you came.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
For it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt eate no bread, nor drinke water there, nor turne againe to goe by the way that thou wentest.
Legacy Standard Bible
For a word came to me by the word of Yahweh, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'"
Contemporary English Version
The Lord warned me not to eat or drink or to go home the same way I came."
Complete Jewish Bible
because it was said to me by the word of Adonai , ‘You are not to eat food or drink water there, and you are not to go back by the way you came.'"
Darby Translation
For it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to me, ‘You must not eat or drink anything in that place, and you must go back on a different road.'"
George Lamsa Translation
For so it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return again by the same way that you came.
Good News Translation
because the Lord has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came."
Lexham English Bible
For a word came to me by the word of Yahweh, ‘You shall not eat food, nor shall you drink water there. You shall not return to go by the way that you came.'"
Literal Translation
for a word came to me by the Word of Jehovah, You shall not eat bread nor drink water there; you shall not turn back to go in the way in which you came.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for it is spoken vnto me by the worde of the LORDE: Thou shalt nether eate bred there, ner yet drynke water, nether shalt thou go agayne by the waye which thou wentest.
American Standard Version
for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it was saide to me in the word of the Lord: Thou shalt eate no bread, nor drinke water there, nor turne againe to go by the way that thou camest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD: Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn back to go by the way that thou camest.'
King James Version (1611)
For it was said to mee by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eate no bread, nor drinke water there, nor turne againe to go by the way that thou camest.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not thither by the way by which thou camest.
English Revised Version
for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
Berean Standard Bible
For I have been told by the word of the LORD: 'You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for the Lord spak to me in the word of the Lord, and seide, Thou schalt not ete breed, and thou schalt not drynke water there, nether thou schalt turne ayen bi the weie bi which thou yedist.
Young's Literal Translation
for a word [is] unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.'
Update Bible Version
for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
Webster's Bible Translation
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
World English Bible
for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
New King James Version
For I have been told by the word of the LORD, "You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came."'
New Living Translation
For the Lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.'"
New Life Bible
For I was told by the word of the Lord, ‘Do not eat bread or drink water there. Do not return by the way you came.'"
New Revised Standard
for it was said to me by the word of the Lord : You shall not eat food or drink water there, or return by the way that you came."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for there came a message unto me by the word of Yahweh, Thou shalt neither eat bread, nor drink water there, - thou shalt not turn back to come by the way by which thou wentest.
Revised Standard Version
for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For a command came to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'"

Contextual Overview

11 Now a certain old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came to him, and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: and they told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. 12 And their father said to them: What way went he? His sons shewed him the way by which the man of God went, who came out of Juda. 13 And he said to his sons: Saddle me the ass. And when they had saddled it, he got up, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a turpentine tree: and he said to him: Art thou the man of God who camest from Juda? He answered: I am. 15 And he said to him: Come home with me to eat bread. 16 But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place: 17 Because the Lord spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Thou shalt not eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water there, nor return by the way thou wentest. 18 He said to him: I also am a prophet like unto thee: and an angel spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him, 19 And brought him back with him: so he ate bread, and drank water in his house. 20 And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

It was: Heb. a word was

by the word: 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 20:35, 1 Thessalonians 4:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:21 - Thus saith Romans 3:7 - if the truth

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 13:17
Arise and walk through the land in the length, and the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For it was said to me by the word of the Lord,.... By the angel that was sent to him, who gave him his message and instructions; which he was persuaded came from the Lord himself, and therefore looked upon himself under obligation to regard them as such:

thou shall eat no bread, &c. the same that he observed to the king, 1 Kings 13:9.


 
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