1 Kings 19:20
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And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
In other translations
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Hebrew words
וַיַּעֲזֹבvaiya'azoand he leftH5800אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַבָּקָרhabakarthe ox[en]H1241וַיָּרָץvaiyarotzand he ranH7323אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310אֵלִיָּהוּ'eliyahuElijahH452וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֶשְּׁקָה־'eshekah-I want to kissH5401נָּאna'pleaseH4994לְאָבִיle'avi<to> father myH1וּלְאִמִּיule'imiand <to> mother myH517וְאֵלְכָהve'elekhahand I will goH1980אַחֲרֶיךָ'achareikhaafter youH310וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לוֹloto himלֵךְlekhgoH1980שׁוּבshuvturn backH7725כִּיkiforH3588מֶה־meh-what?H4100עָשִׂיתִי'asitihave I doneH6213לָךְ׃lakhto you
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Luke 9:61-6261 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.” 62 Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 8:21-2221 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- Acts 20:37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
- Matthew 19:27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
- Matthew 4:20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- Matthew 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
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