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2nd Kings Chapter 1 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndKings 1:5

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?
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BBE 2ndKings 1:5

And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?
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DARBY 2ndKings 1:5

And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
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KJV 2ndKings 1:5

And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
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WBT 2ndKings 1:5

And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why have ye now returned?
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WEB 2ndKings 1:5

The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?
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YLT 2ndKings 1:5

And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What `is' this -- ye have turned back!'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - And when the messengers turned back; rather, when the messengers returned; i.e. when they reached the presence of Ahaziah, he perceived at once that they could not have been to Ekron and come back in the time. He therefore inquired of them, Why are ye now turned back? "Why have ye not completed your journey?"

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Turned back unto him.--Unto Ahaziah, as the Syriac and Vulgate actually read. Literally, And the messengers returned unto him, and he said, &c. Though Elijah was unknown to the envoys, such a menacing interposition would certainly be regarded as' a Divine warning, which it was perilous to disregard.Why are ye now turned back?--Why have ye returned? with emphasis on the "Why."