1 Kings 20:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.”
1 Kings 20:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 20:8 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 1 Kings 20:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
1 Kings 20:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.””
1 Kings 20:8 — World English Bible
1 Kings 20:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent. ”
1 Kings 20:8 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 20:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.'”
1 Kings 20:8 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 20:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent. ”
1 Kings 20:8 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 20:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And all the Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.”
1 Kings 20:8 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 20:8 in Context — 1 Kings 20
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10 And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
What Does 1 Kings 20:8 Mean?
1 Kings 20:8 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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