KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
WEB World English Bible
It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at Ahab’s hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 21
24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִי֩H1961 · ha.yahto beכִשְׁמֹ֨עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאַחְאָ֜בH256 · ach.avAhabאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדְּבָרִ֤יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵ֙לֶּה֙H428 · el.lehtheseוַיִּקְרַ֣עH7167 · qa.rato tearבְּגָדָ֔יוH899 · be.gedtreacheryוַיָּֽשֶׂם־H7760 · sumto set: makeשַׂ֥קH8242 · saqsackclothעַל־H5921 · aluponבְּשָׂר֖וֹH1320 · ba.sarfleshוַיָּצ֑וֹםH6684 · tsumto fastוַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downבַּשָּׂ֔קH8242 · saqsackclothוַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאַֽט׃ סH328 · it.timutterer
Cross-references
2 Kings 6:30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.2 Samuel 3:31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:2 Samuel 12:16-17David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.2 Kings 18:37Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.Joel 1:13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.Job 16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.Isaiah 58:5-8Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?Isaiah 38:15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.Jonah 3:6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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