1 Kings 13:12
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.
1 Kings 13:12 in other translations
| BSB | “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah. |
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| WEB | Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah. |
| ASV | And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah. |
| BBE | Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone. |
| Webster | And their father said to them, What way went he? for his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah. |
What does 1 Kings 13:12 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:11-22
The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God…
1 Kings 13:12 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 13:11
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
- 1 Kings 13:12
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.
- 1 Kings 13:13
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
1 Kings 13:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y su padre les dijo: ¿Por qué camino fué? Y sus hijos le mostraron el camino por donde se había tornado el varón de Dios, que había venido de Judá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et leur père leur dit: Par quel chemin s’en est-il allé? Et ses fils avaient vu le chemin par lequel s’en était allé l’homme de Dieu qui venait de Juda. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr Vater sprach zu ihnen: Welchen Weg ist er gegangen? Und seine Söhne hatten den Weg gesehen, den der Mann Gottes gegangen, der aus Juda gekommen war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit eis pater eorum: Per quam viam abiit? Ostenderunt ei filii sui viam per quam abierat vir Dei, qui venerat de Juda. |