1 Kings 19:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.”
1 Kings 19:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 19:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 19:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!””
1 Kings 19:2 — World English Bible
1 Kings 19:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time. ”
1 Kings 19:2 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 19:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'”
1 Kings 19:2 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 19:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do thegods [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time! ”
1 Kings 19:2 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 19:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by to morowe this time.”
1 Kings 19:2 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 19:2 in Context — 1 Kings 19
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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What Does 1 Kings 19:2 Mean?
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