2 Kings 1:5

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?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The messengers returned to the king, who asked them, “Why have you come back?”

Hebrew Names Version
The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?

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

English Standard Version
The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

New Century Version
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

New English Translation
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

Amplified Bible
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, "Why have you returned [so soon]?"

New American Standard Bible
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?

Legacy Standard Bible
So the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

Contemporary English Version
When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he asked, "Why are you back so soon?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The messengers returned to Achazyah, and he asked them, "Why have you come back?"

Darby Translation
And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

Easy-to-Read Version
When messengers came back to Ahaziah, he asked them, "Why did you come back so soon?"

George Lamsa Translation
And when the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, Why have you turned back?

Good News Translation
and the messengers returned to the king. "Why have you come back?" he asked.

Lexham English Bible
When the messengers returned to him, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

Literal Translation
And the messengers returned to him. And he said to them, What is this, that you have turned back?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha ye messaunges came to Ochosias agayne, he sayde vnto the: Why come ye agayne?

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the messengers turned backe againe vnto him, he saide vnto them: Why are ye now come againe?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them: 'Why is it that ye are returned?'

King James Version (1611)
And when the messengers turned backe vnto him, he said vnto them, Why are ye now turned backe?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

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

Berean Standard Bible
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Elie yede. And the messangeris turneden ayen to Ocozie. And he seide to hem, Whi turneden ye ayen?

Young's Literal Translation
And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What [is] this -- ye have turned back!'

Update Bible Version
And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

New King James Version
And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, "Why have you come back?"

New Living Translation
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned so soon?"

New Life Bible
When the men returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

New Revised Standard
The messengers returned to the king, who said to them, "Why have you returned?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the messengers returned unto him, he said unto them - How is it that ye have returned?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?

Revised Standard Version
The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

THE MESSAGE
The messengers went back. The king said, "So why are you back so soon—what's going on?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the messengers returned to him he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

Contextual Overview

¹ After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel. ² Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not. ³ But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? ⁴ Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away. ⁵ And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back? ⁶ And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. ⁷ And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you? ⁸ And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Genesis 1:19
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 8:22
While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

Psalms 19:2
Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

Psalms 74:16
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

Psalms 104:20
When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

Isaiah 45:7
I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the messengers turned back unto him,.... To Ahaziah king of Israel, as they did as soon as Elijah was gone from them; concluding from his habit, his gravity, and the authority with which he spoke, that he was a prophet of the Lord, and especially from his knowledge of them, and of what they were sent about:

he said unto them, why are ye now turned back? for, by the time they had been gone, he knew they could never have been at Ekron and returned.