KJV King James Version
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
WEB World English Bible
Say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.”’”
ASV American Standard Version
and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 22
24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
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וְאָמַרְתָּ֗H559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֚הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingשִׂ֥ימוּH7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]זֶ֖הH2088 · zehthisבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַכֶּ֑לֶאH3608 · ke.leprisonוְהַאֲכִילֻ֨הוּH398 · a.khalto eatלֶ֤חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodלַ֙חַץ֙H3906 · la.chatsoppressionוּמַ֣יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterלַ֔חַץH3906 · la.chatsoppressionעַ֖דH5704 · adtillבֹּאִ֥יH935 · boto come (in): comeבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965 · sha.lompeace
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.2 Chronicles 18:25-27Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.Luke 3:20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.Acts 16:23-24And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:Jeremiah 29:26The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.Acts 26:10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].Acts 5:18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.Mark 6:17-28For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Psalm 127:2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.Isaiah 30:20And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:Psalm 80:5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.Psalm 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,Deuteronomy 16:3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.Lamentations 3:53-55They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.James 4:13-14Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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