2 Kings 2:18
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?In other versions
And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
ASV
And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
BBE
And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
DBY
They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"
WEB
and they turn back unto him -- and he is abiding in Jericho -- and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'
YLT
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
ENG
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
WBT
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
BSB
In context
16And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.