◄ 2 Kings 1:4 ►
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Good News Translation
Tell the king that the LORD says, 'You will not recover from your injuries; you will die!'" Elijah did as the LORD commanded,

New Revised Standard Version
Now therefore thus says the LORD, ‘You shall not leave the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah went.

Contemporary English Version
Tell him that because he has done this, he's on his deathbed!" And Elijah did what he was told.

New American Bible
For this, the LORD says: You shall not leave the bed upon which you lie; instead, you shall die. And Elijah departed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.

Thou shalt, etc.

but shalt

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.

Numbers 26:65 For the Lord had foretold that they should die in the wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.

1 Samuel 28:19 And the Lord also will deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines: and to morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me: and the Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

1 Kings 14:12 Arise thou, therefore, and go to thy house: and when thy feet shall be entering into the city, the child shall die,

Proverbs 11:19 A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.

Ezekiel 18:4 Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die.

Context
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah
…3And an angel of the Lord spoke to Elias, the Thesbite, saying: Arise, and go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? 4Wherefore, thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.5And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?…
Cross References
2 Kings 1:5
And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?

2 Kings 1:6
But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel, that thou sendest to Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but thou shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:16
And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore, from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:3
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