2 Kings 1:5

Elijah Denounces Ahaziah

4Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

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Berean Standard Bible
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
American Standard Version (1901)
And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?
Bible in Basic English
And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?
Free Bible Version
The messengers returned to the king, and he asked them, “Why have you come back?”
Geneva Bible 1599
And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
Translation for Translators
So Elijah went to meet the messengers and told that to them, and they returned to the king instead of going to Ekron. The king asked them, “Why did you return so soon?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
Noah Webster Bible
And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why have ye now returned?
World English Bible
The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”
Young's Literal Translation
And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, 'What [is] this — ye have turned back!'