New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 19:20
20Then he left the oxen behind and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please 1let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for 2what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 19:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.” “Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
Context of 1 Kings 19:20
18Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.” 19So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat while he was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah came over to him and threw his cloak on him. Then he left the oxen behind and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?” 21So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them, and cooked their meat with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and served him.
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וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗ר וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙ לְאָבִ֣י וּלְאִמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
- Then he leftעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- the oxenבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
- and ranרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
- let me kissנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
- my fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- and my motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- then I will followהָלַךְhâlak · to go: followH1980
- to him, “Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- backשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
- have I doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
Cross-references for 1 Kings 19:20
- Matthew 4:20Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
- Matthew 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
- Matthew 19:27Then Peter responded and said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?”
- Matthew 8:21And another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
- Luke 9:61Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say goodbye to those at my home.”
- Acts 20:37And they all began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Let me - kiss my father and my mother - Elisha fully understood that he was called by this ceremony to the prophetic office: and it is evident that he conferred not with flesh and blood, but resolved, immediately resolved, to obey; only he wished to bid farewell to his relatives. See below. What have I done to thee? - Thy call is not from me, but from God: to him, not to me, art thou accountable for thy use or abuse of it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father - Not an unnatural request before following his new spiritual father. Elijah sees in his address a divided heart, and will not give the permission or accept the service thus tendered. Hence, his cold reply. See Luke 9:61-62. Go back again - i. e., “Go, return to thy plowing why shouldest thou quit it? Why take leave of thy friends and come with me? What have I done to thee to require such a sacrifice? for as a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Elijah found Elisha by Divine direction, not in the schools of the prophets, but in the field; not reading, or praying, or sacrificing, but ploughing. Idleness is no man's honour, nor is husbandry any man's disgrace. An honest calling in the world, does not put us out of the way of our heavenly calling, any more than it did Elisha. His heart was touched by the Holy Spirit, and he was ready to leave all to attend Elijah. It is in a day of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21The anointing of Elisha concludes the Lord’s instructions to Elijah. Elisha performed the other two anointings that God had originally assigned to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15–16), as recorded in (2 Kings 8:7–15; 9:1–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. what have I done to thee?--that is, Go, but keep in mind the solemn ceremony I have just performed on thee. It is not I, but God, who calls thee. Do not allow any earthly affection to detain you from obeying His call.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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