1 Kings 13:25
Good News Translation
Some men passed by and saw the body on the road, with the lion standing near by. They went on into Bethel and reported what they had seen.

New Revised Standard Version
People passed by and saw the body thrown in the road, with the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the town where the old prophet lived.

Contemporary English Version
Some people walked by and saw the body with the lion standing there. They ran into Bethel, telling everyone what they had seen.

New American Bible
Some passersby saw the body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside it, and carried the news to the city where the old prophet lived.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, men passing by, saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city, wherein that old prophet dwelt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And behold, men passing by, saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city, wherein that old prophet dwelt.

Context
The Old Prophet and the Man of God
24And when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him, and his body was cast in the way: and the ass stood by him, and the lion stood by the dead body. 25And behold, men passing by, saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city, wherein that old prophet dwelt.26And when that prophet, who had brought him back out of the way, heard of it, he said: It is the man of God, that was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord, and the Lord hath delivered him to the lion, and he hath torn him, and killed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him.…
Cross References
1 Kings 13:11
Now a certain old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came to him, and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: and they told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.

1 Kings 13:26
And when that prophet, who had brought him back out of the way, heard of it, he said: It is the man of God, that was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord, and the Lord hath delivered him to the lion, and he hath torn him, and killed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him.

1 Kings 13:24
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