1 Kings 13:9
1 Kings 13:8-10 The Message (MSG)
The holy man told the king, “Not on your life! You couldn’t pay me enough to get me to sit down with you at a meal in this place. I’m here under GOD’s orders, and he commanded, ‘Don’t eat a crumb, don’t drink a drop, and don’t go back the way you came.’” Then he left by a different road than the one on which he had walked to Bethel.
1 Kings 13:9 King James Version (KJV)
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.
1 Kings 13:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.’ ”
1 Kings 13:9 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD commanded me not to eat or drink anything nor to return on the same road by which I came.”
1 Kings 13:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
1 Kings 13:9 New International Version (NIV)
For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’ ”
1 Kings 13:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.’ ”
1 Kings 13:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For I was commanded by the word of the LORD, ‘You shall not eat bread or drink water, nor shall you return by the way you came.’ ”