KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Kings 22:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
WEB World English Bible
Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, all you people!”
ASV American Standard Version
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Micaiah saith, ‘If thou at all return in peace—Jehovah hath not spoken by me;’ and he saith, ‘Hear, O peoples, all of them.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 22
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.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמִיכָ֔יְהוּH4321 · mi.kha.ye.huMicaiahאִם־H518 · imifשׁ֤וֹבH7725 · shuvto return: returnתָּשׁוּב֙H7725 · shuvto return: returnבְּשָׁל֔וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotדִבֶּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבִּ֑יH9030 · nimeוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשִׁמְע֖וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearעַמִּ֥יםH5971 · ampeopleכֻּלָּֽם׃H3605 · kolall
Cross-references
Numbers 16:29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; [then] the LORD hath not sent me.Micah 1:2Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.Acts 13:10-11And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?Mark 12:37David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he [then] his son? And the common people heard him gladly.Jeremiah 28:8-9The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.2 Kings 1:10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.Amos 3:1Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,2 Kings 1:12And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.Mark 7:14-15And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you], and understand:1 Kings 18:36-37And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.1 Kings 18:21-24And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.Isaiah 44:26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:Deuteronomy 18:20-22But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.2 Chronicles 18:27And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, [then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
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