• 1 Kings 13:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 2 Then he called out against the altar by the word of Jehovah and said: “O altar, altar! This is what Jehovah says: ‘Look! A son named Jo·siʹah+ will be born to the house of David! He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places, those making sacrificial smoke on you, and he will burn human bones on you.’”+

  • 1 Kings 13:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 2 Then he called out against the altar by the word of Jehovah and said: “O altar, altar, this is what Jehovah has said, ‘Look! A son born to the house of David, whose name is Jo·siʹah!+ And he will certainly sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places that are making sacrificial smoke upon you, and men’s bones he* will burn upon you.’”+

  • 1 Kings 13:2
    The Bible in Living English

    • 2* and he proclaimed against the altar by Jehovah’s commission “Altar, altar, Jehovah says, a child is being born to the house of David, named Josiah; and he shall kill as sacrifices on you the height-priests that offer on you, and they shall burn human bones on you.”

  • 1 Kings 13:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.

  • 1 Kings 13:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 And he made proclamation against the altar, by the word of Yahweh, and said, O altar! altar! Thus saith Yahweh,—Lo! a son to be born unto the house of David, Josiah his name, who shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places, who are making a perfume upon thee, and human bones shall be burned upon thee;