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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXΚαὶ ἐξῆλθε τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐγὼ ἀπατήσω αὐτόν· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, ἐν τίνι; (Kai exaʸlthe to pneuma kai estaʸ enōpion Kuriou, kai eipen, egō apataʸsō auton; kai eipe Kurios, en tini; )
BrTrAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him. And the Lord said, Whereby?
ULTAnd the spirit went out, and he stood before Yahweh. And he said, ‘I myself will entice him.’ And Yahweh said to him, ‘With what?’
USTFinally one spirit forward and said, ‘I can do it!’ ¶ Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
BSBThen a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD §
MSBThen a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD §
JPSAnd there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith?
ASVAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith?
DRAThere came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means wilt thou deceive him?
YLTAnd go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what?
DrbyAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith?
RVAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
SLTAnd a spirit will come forth and stand before Jehovah, and say, I will persuade. And Jehovah will say, In what?
WbstrThen there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, With what?
KJB-1769Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
KJB-1611Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and sayd, I will entise him. And the LORD sayd vnto him, Wherewith? (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
GnvaThen there came forth a spirit and stoode before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him. And the Lord said vnto him, Wherein? (Then there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherein? )
ClVgprocessit spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait: Ego decipiam eum. Cui Dominus: In quo, inquit, decipies? (processit spirit, and he_stood before Master, and he_said: I decipiam him. To_whom Master: In quo, he_said, decipies? )
18:18-22 The vision explains the deception of the false prophets while legitimizing Micaiah’s word. The deception guaranteed that Ahab would fall in battle; his judgment was decreed.
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.
