KJV King James Version
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told [it] in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
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1 Kings 13:25
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told [it] in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
ASV American Standard Version
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak of it in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 13
22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which [the LORD] did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told [it] in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard [thereof], he said, It [is] the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled [him].
28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
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וְהִנֵּ֧הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאֲנָשִׁ֣יםH582 · e.noshhumanעֹבְרִ֗יםH5674 · a.varto passוַיִּרְא֤וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַנְּבֵלָה֙H5038 · ne.ve.lahcarcassמֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶתH7993 · sha.lakhto throwבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָ֣אַרְיֵ֔הH738 · a.rilionעֹמֵ֖דH5975 · a.madto stand: standאֵ֣צֶלH681 · e.tselbesideהַנְּבֵלָ֑הH5038 · ne.ve.lahcarcassוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeוַיְדַבְּר֣וּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבָעִ֔ירH5892 · irexcitementאֲשֶׁ֛רH834 · a.sherwhichהַנָּבִ֥יאH5030 · na.viprophetהַזָּקֵ֖ןH2205 · za.qenold: elderיֹשֵׁ֥בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבָּֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
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