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OEB And Jehovah said to him, “By what means?” And he said, “I will go forth and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” Thereupon he said, “Thou shalt delude him and shalt succeed also! Go forth, and do so.”
WEBBE The LORD said to him, ‘How?’
¶ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
¶ He said, ‘You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.’
WMBB (Same as above)
NET He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’
LSV And he says, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He says, You entice, and also you are able; go out and do so.
FBV ‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked.
¶ ‘I will go and be a lying spirit and make all his prophets tell lies,’ the spirit replied.
¶ ‘That will work,’ the Lord responded. ‘Go and do it.’
T4T Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
¶ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
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BBE And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
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JPS And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
ASV And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.
DRA And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: a go forth, and do so.
YLT and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so.
Drby And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice [him], and also succeed: go forth, and do so.
RV And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.
(And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou/You shalt/shall entice him, and shalt/shall prevail also: go forth, and do so. )
SLT And he will say, I will go forth and be to him a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt deceive, and thou shalt be able: go forth and do thus.
Wbstr And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets? And he said, Thou shalt persuade him , and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
KJB-1769 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
(And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou/You shalt/shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. )
KJB-1611 And the LORD said vnto him, Wherewith? And hee sayd, I will goe foorth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt perswade him, and preuaile also: Goe forth, and doe so.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
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Gnva And he sayd, I will goe out, and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. Then he sayd, Thou shalt entise him, and shalt also preuayle: goe forth, and doe so.
(And he said, I will go out, and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. Then he said, Thou/You shalt/shall entice him, and shalt/shall also prevail: go forth, and do so. )
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ClVg Et ille ait: Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus. Et dixit Dominus: Decipies, et prævalebis: egredere, et fac ita.
(And he he_said: Egrediar, and I_will_be spirit liar in/into/on vocally of_all of_the_prophets his. And he_said Master: Decipies, and beforevalebis: to_go_out, and do ita. )
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