2 Kings 1:5
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
2 Kings 1:5 in other translations
| BSB | When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?” |
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| WEB | The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?” |
| ASV | And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned? |
| YLT | And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, ‘What is this--ye have turned back!' |
| DARBY | And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned? |
| BBE | And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back? |
| Webster | And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why have ye now returned? |
What does 2 Kings 1:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:2-8
2-8. Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber--This lattice was either a part of the wooden parapet, or fence, which surrounds the flat roofs of houses, and over which the king was carelessly leaning when it gave way; or it might be an opening like a skylight in the roof itself, done over with lattice-work, which, being slender or rotten, the king stepped on and slipped through. This latter…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 1:1-8
When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often punished by the rebellion of those who owe subjection to him. Ahaziah fell through a lattice, or railing. Wherever we go, there is but a step between us and death. A man's house is his castle, but not to secure him against God's judgments. The whole creation, which groans under the burden…
2 Kings 1:5 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
- 2 Kings 1:5
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
- 2 Kings 1:6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 1:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como los mensajeros se volvieron al rey, él les dijo: ¿Por qué pues os habéis vuelto? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les messagers revinrent vers Achazia, et il leur dit: Pourquoi revenez-vous? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Boten kehrten zu ihm zurück; und er sprach zu ihnen: Warum seid ihr denn zurückgekehrt? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Reversique sunt nuntii ad Ochoziam. Qui dixit eis: Quare reversi estis? |