1 Kings 13:8 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;

English ASV

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

English Amplified

And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water in this place.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water in this place.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn’t go with you, and I wouldn’t eat food or drink water in this place,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

English EASY 2024

But God's servant said to the king, ‘I could never go with you, even if you gave me half of your riches. I could not eat or drink anything while I am here.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But the man of God said to the king, "I will not go home with you, even if you give me half of your kingdom! I will not eat or drink anything in this place.

And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The prophet answered, “Even if you gave me half of your wealth, I would not go with you or eat or drink anything with you.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The man of God told the king, "Even if you gave me half of your palace, I would never go with you to eat or drink there.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But the man of God replied, "If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn't go with you, and I wouldn't eat bread or drink water in this place,

English KJV 1611

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:

English LSB

But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor will I eat bread, nor drink water in this place,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

"If you gave me half your kingdom," the man of God said to the king, "I would not go with you, nor eat bread or drink water in this place.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But the man of God replied to the king. He said, "What if you were to give me half of what you own? Even then I wouldn't go with you. I wouldn't eat bread or drink water here.

English NIV

But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here.

English NKJ 1982

But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

English NLT

But the man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat any food or drink any water in this place.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your kingdom, I will not go in with you; nor will I eat food or drink water in this place.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you gave me half your palace, I wouldn't go into it; nor would I eat or drink even water in this place!

English Tyndale 1537

But the man of God answered the king, if thou wouldest give me half thine house, I would not go with thee neither would I eat meat or drink water in this place.