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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 13:15

And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'

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®
Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat some food.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
King James Version
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
English Standard Version
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
New Century Version
The prophet said, "Please come home and eat with me."
New English Translation
He then said to him, "Come home with me and eat something."
Amplified Bible
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
New American Standard Bible
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he said vnto him, Come home with me, and eate bread.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
Contemporary English Version
"Come home with me," the old prophet said, "and have something to eat."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat some food."
Darby Translation
And he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the old prophet said, "Please come home and eat with me."
George Lamsa Translation
Then he said to him, Come home with me and eat bread.
Good News Translation
"Come home and have a meal with me," he said.
Lexham English Bible
Then he said to him, "Come with me to the house and eat some food."
Literal Translation
Then he said to him, Come home with me and eat bread.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto him: Come home with me, and eate bred.
American Standard Version
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He sayde vnto him: Come home with me, and eate bread.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.'
King James Version (1611)
Then hee said vnto him, Come home with me, and eate bread.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.
English Revised Version
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the prophet said to the man of God, "Come home with me and eat some bread."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hym, Come thou with me hoom, that thou ete breed.
Update Bible Version
Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
World English Bible
Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
New King James Version
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
New Living Translation
Then he said to the man of God, "Come home with me and eat some food."
New Life Bible
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
New Revised Standard
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat some food."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he unto him, Come home with me, - and eat bread.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Come home with me to eat bread.
Revised Standard Version
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
THE MESSAGE
"Well, come home with me and have a meal."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

Contextual Overview

11 And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, -- yea, they recount them to their father. 12 And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this -- the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah. 13 And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it, 14 and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, `I [am].' 15 And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.' 16 And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place, 17 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.' 18 And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' -- he hath lied to him. 19 And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water. 20 And it cometh to pass -- they are sitting at the table -- and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;
Genesis 13:2
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --
Genesis 13:4
unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:7
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren.
Genesis 13:9
Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.'
Genesis 13:12
Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;
Genesis 15:18
In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said he unto him, come home with me, and eat bread. In which invitation no doubt he was hearty, and might have no ill design in it, only to have some conversation with him, as being a good man, and a prophet of the Lord, especially upon the subject of his prophecies at Bethel.


 
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