¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
The 1611 reading
¶ And when the messengers turned backe vnto him, he said vnto them, Why are ye now turned backe?
KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
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First occurrence: Genesis 3:24
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¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
¶ And when the messengers turned backe vnto him, he said vnto them, Why are ye now turned backe?
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
And hee turned backe, and looked on them, and cursed them in the Name of the LORD: and there came foorth two shee Beares out of the wood, and tare fortie and two children of them.
¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and shee constrained him to eate bread: And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thither to eate bread.
1611 marginal noteHeb. there was a day.
1611 marginal noteHeb. laid hold on him.
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
And it fell on a day that hee came thither, and hee turned into the chamber, and lay there.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, riuers of Damascus, better then all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be cleane? So he turned, and went away in a rage.
1611 marginal noteOr, Amana.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
And he said vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is it a time to receiue money, and to receiue garments, and Oliue yards, and Uineyards, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and mayd seruants?
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
And Ioram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
And Menahem exacted the mony of Israel, euen of all the mightie men of wealth, of each man fiftie shekels of siluer, to giue to the king of Assyria: so the king of Assyria turned backe, and stayed not there in the land.
1611 marginal noteHeb. caused to come forth.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.
And the couert for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the kings entry without, turned hee from the house of the LORD, for the king of Assyria.
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,
Then hee turned his face to the wall, and prayed vnto the LORD, saying;
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