1 Kings 22:18
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
In other translations
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559מֶלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafatJehoshaphatH3092הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808אָמַרְתִּי'amartidid I sayH559אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413לוֹא־lo'-notH3808יִתְנַבֵּאyitnabe'he prophesiesH5012עָלַי'alaion meH5921טוֹבtovgoodH2896כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518רָע׃ra'evilH7451
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Proverbs 10:24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Luke 11:45Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
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