1 Kings 16:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.”
1 Kings 16:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 16:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 16:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.””
1 Kings 16:4 — World English Bible
1 Kings 16:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.”
1 Kings 16:4 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 16:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat.'”
1 Kings 16:4 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 16:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat. ”
1 Kings 16:4 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 16:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He that dyeth of Baashas stocke in the citie, him shall the dogs eate: and that man of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.”
1 Kings 16:4 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 16:4 in Context — 1 Kings 16
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
What Does 1 Kings 16:4 Mean?
1 Kings 16:4 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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