New Revised Standard Version
As they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

Contemporary English Version
During the meal the LORD gave the old prophet

New American Bible
But while they were sitting at table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back:

And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back:

the word of the Lord

1 Kings 13:23 And when he had eaten and drunk, he saddled his ass for the prophet, whom he had brought back.

, where they are now translated, {whom he had brought back}; and where they cannot be translated otherwise. This being the case, we are at liberty to consider the words of the Lord as delivered to the {true} prophet, thus brought back; and then the sentence is pronounced by God himself, calling to him out of heaven, and in

Genesis 22:11 And behold, an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

. and that this doom was thus pronounced by God, not by the false prophet, we are assured in verse

26. `The Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, according to the word of the Lord, which HE spake unto him.' Josephus [and also the {Arabic}] asserts, that the sentence was declared by God to the {true} prophet.

Numbers 23:5,16 And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. . . .

Numbers 24:4,16-24 The bearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened: . . .

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

John 11:51 And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.

1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.