1 Kings 19:2
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Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
In other translations
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
Hebrew words
וַתִּשְׁלַחvatishlachand she sentH7971אִיזֶבֶל'izevelJezebelH348מַלְאָךְmal'akha messengerH4397אֶל־'el-toH413אֵלִיָּהוּ'eliyahuElijahH452לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559כֹּה־koh-thusH3541יַעֲשׂוּןya'asunmay they do !H6213אֱלֹהִים'elohim[the] godsH430וְכֹהvekhohand thusH3541יוֹסִפוּןyosifunmay they add !H3254כִּי־ki-ifH3588כָעֵתkha'etabout <the> this timeH6256מָחָרmachartomorrowH4279אָשִׂים'asimI will makeH7760אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853נַפְשְׁךָnafshekhalife yourH5315כְּנֶפֶשׁkenefeshlike [the] life ofH5315אַחַד'achadoneH259מֵהֶם׃mehemfrom them
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