King James Version with Apocrypha
"And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?"
— 2 Kings 1:5, King James Version with Apocrypha
“And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?”
“And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned? ”
“The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"”
“When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,“Why have you returned?””
“And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?”
“And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?”
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron?
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.
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
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.
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.