• 1 Kings 13:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 4 As soon as the king heard the word that the man of the true God had called out against the altar at Bethʹel, Jer·o·boʹam stretched out his hand from the altar and said: “Seize him!”+ Immediately, the hand that he had stretched out against him dried up,* and he could not draw it back.+

  • 1 Kings 13:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 4 And it came about that, as soon as the king heard the word of the man of the [true] God* that he had called out against the altar in Bethʹel, Jer·o·boʹam at once thrust out his hand from off the altar, saying: “YOU men, grab hold of him!”+ Immediately his hand that he had thrust out against him became dried up, and he was not able to draw it back to himself.+

  • 1 Kings 13:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4 And when the king heard the words that the man of God proclaimed against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying “Arrest him”; and his arm that he put out against him hardened, and he could not draw it back to himself;

  • 1 Kings 13:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

  • 1 Kings 13:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.