1 Kings 22:21

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א הָ/ר֗וּחַ וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹד֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֲנִ֣י אֲפַתֶּ֑/נּוּ וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖י/ו בַּ/מָּֽה
English Translation
And the spirit went out and stood before the LORD and said, “I will persuade him.” And the LORD said to me, “By what means?”

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked. ‘I will go and be a lying spirit and make all his prophets tell lies,’ the spirit replied. ‘That will work,’ the Lord responded. ‘Go and do it.’

A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

Then there came forth a spirit, and stoode before the Lord, and sayd, I wil entise him. And the Lord sayd vnto him, Wherewith?

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

And the spirit goes out and stands before YHWH, and says, I entice him; and YHWH says to him, By what?

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

and finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I can do it!’

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

A spirit came out and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

'And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?