KJV King James Version
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
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1 Kings 13:9
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
WEB World English Bible
for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.’”
ASV American Standard Version
for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 13
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
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כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforכֵ֣ן׀H3651 · kenrightצִוָּ֣הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֹתִ֗יH853 · et[Obj.]בִּדְבַ֤רH1697 · da.varwordיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayלֹא־H3808 · lonotתֹ֥אכַלH398 · a.khalto eatלֶ֖חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִשְׁתֶּה־H8354 · sha.tahto drinkמָּ֑יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתָשׁ֔וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהָלָֽכְתָּ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
Cross-references
John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.John 15:9-10As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.Romans 16:17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.1 Kings 13:21-22And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,1 Kings 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.Numbers 16:26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.Deuteronomy 13:13-18[Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].Psalm 141:4Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.Revelation 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.2 John 1:10-11If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
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