1 Kings 21:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.”
1 Kings 21:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 21:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 21:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!””
1 Kings 21:3 — World English Bible
1 Kings 21:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. ”
1 Kings 21:3 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 21:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'”
1 Kings 21:3 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 21:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee! ”
1 Kings 21:3 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 21:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord keepe me from giuing the inheritance of my father vnto thee.”
1 Kings 21:3 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 21:3 in Context — 1 Kings 21
1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
What Does 1 Kings 21:3 Mean?
1 Kings 21:3 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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