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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς, ποσάκις ὁρκίζω σε ἵνα μὴ λαλήσῃς πρὸς μὲ πλὴν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου; (Kai eipen autōi ho basileus, posakis horkizō se hina maʸ lalaʸsaʸs pros me plaʸn taʸn alaʸtheian en onomati Kuriou; )
BrTrAnd the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge thee that thou speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord?
ULTAnd the king said to him, “How many times must I myself make you swear that you will speak not to me, only truth in the name of Yahweh?”
USTBut King Ahab wished to appear reverent toward Yahweh in front of Jehoshaphat. He said to Miciaiah, “I keep telling you to say only what Yahweh tells you to say!”
BSB § But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
NETThe king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”
LSVAnd the king says to him, “How many times am I adjuring you that you speak to me only truth in the Name of YHWH?”
FBVBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me only the truth in the name of the Lord?”
T4TBut King Ahab realized that Micaiah was lying, so he said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!”
LEBBut the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak nothing except the truth in the name of Yahweh?”
BBEAnd the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
JPSAnd the king said to him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD.'
ASVAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?
DRAAnd the king said: I adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord.
YLTAnd the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'
DrbyAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?
RVAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?
WbstrAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
KJB-1769And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? (And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee/you that thou/you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? )
KJB-1611And the king sayd to him, Howe many times shall I adiure thee, that thou say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the LORD? (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsAnd the king sayde to him: So and so many times do I charge thee that thou say nothing but the trueth to me in the name of the Lorde. (And the king said to him: So and so many times do I charge thee/you that thou/you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord.)
GnvaAnd the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord? (And the King said to him, How often shall I charge thee/you, that thou/you tell me nothing but the truth in the Name of the Lord? )
CvdlBut ye kynge sayde vnto him: I charge ye yet agayne, that thou tell me nothinge but ye trueth in the name of the LORDE. (But ye/you_all king said unto him: I charge ye/you_all yet again, that thou/you tell me nothing but ye/you_all truth in the name of the LORD.)
WyclAnd the kyng seide, Eft and eft Y charge thee, that thou speke not to me no but that that is soth in the name of the Lord. (And the king said, Eft and after I charge thee/you, that thou/you speak not to me no but that that is soth in the name of the Lord.)
LuthAber der König sprach zu ihm: Ich beschwöre dich noch einmal, daß du mir nichts sagest denn die Wahrheit im Namen des HErr’s! (But the/of_the king spoke to him: I beschwöre you/yourself still einmal, that you to_me nothing sagest because the truth in_the name(s) the LORD’s!)
ClVgDixitque rex: Iterum atque iterum te adjuro, ut mihi non loquaris, nisi quod verum est in nomine Domini. (And_he_said rex: Iterum atque again you(sg) adyuro, as to_me not/no loquaris, nisi that verum it_is in nomine Master. )
18:15 Ahab understood that Micaiah had not spoken the word of the Lord, perhaps because Micaiah’s answer used the same words as that of his rivals, or Micaiah might have been speaking with a sarcastic tone (18:14).
(Occurrence 0) How many times must I require … in the name of Yahweh?
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it the=king until as,the_how_many? times I swear,you which/who not speak to=me only truth in/on=name_of YHWH )
Ahab asks this question out of frustration to rebuke Micaiah. Alternate translation: “Many times I have required … in the name of Yahweh.”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it the=king until as,the_how_many? times I swear,you which/who not speak to=me only truth in/on=name_of YHWH )
Here the word “name” refers to authority. Alternate translation: “as the representative of Yahweh”
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
