Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It will come about when I leave you
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
Holman Bible
But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off
International Standard Version
As soon as I've left you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to I don't know where! Then when I go tell Ahab and he can't find you, he'll kill me, even though I have been your servant and have feared the LORD since I was young!
A Conservative Version
And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of LORD will carry thee where I know not. And so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me. But I thy servant fear LORD from my you
American Standard Version
And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
Amplified
And as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you
Bible in Basic English
And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
Julia Smith Translation
And being I shall go from thee and the spirit of Jehovah will lift thee up where I shall not know; and I went to announce to Ahab, and he will not find thee, and he will kill me: and thy servant feared Jehovah from my youth.
King James 2000
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the spirit of the LORD shall carry you I know not where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant fear the LORD from my youth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it will happen that I will go from you and the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you up to where I do not know. Then I will come to tell Ahab, but he will not find you, and then he will kill me, [even though] your servant has feared Yahweh from my youth.
Modern King James verseion
And it will be as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry you where I know not. And when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Jehovah from my youth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as soon as I am gone from thee, the spirit of the LORD shall carry thee away, whither I shall not know: and then when I have gone and told Ahab, and then he can not find thee, he shall slay me. And yet I thy servant have feared the LORD from my young age.
NET Bible
But when I leave you, the Lord's spirit will carry you away so I can't find you. If I go tell Ahab I've seen you, he won't be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the Lord from my youth.
New Heart English Bible
It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I do not know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
The Emphasized Bible
so shall it come to pass, as soon as, I, go from thee, that, the spirit of Yahweh, shall carry thee away - whither I know not, and so, when I go in to tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, then will he slay me, - and yet, thy servant, hath revered Yahweh, from my youth.
Webster
And it will come to pass, as soon as I have gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
World English Bible
It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.
Themes
Children » Instances of » Obadiah
Elijah » Returns, and sends a message to ahab
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Obadiah » The governor of ahab's house » Meets elijah and receives a commission from him
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 18:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal
11
And now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 It will come about when I leave you
Cross References
2 Kings 2:16
They said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men, please let them go and search for your master; perhaps
Acts 8:39
When they came up out of the water,
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the
1 Samuel 2:18
Now
1 Samuel 2:26
Now the boy
1 Samuel 3:19-20
Thus
1 Samuel 22:11-19
Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.
2 Kings 2:11
As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared
2 Chronicles 34:3
For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to
Psalm 71:17-18
And I still
Proverbs 8:13
And the
Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that you grasp one thing and also not
Isaiah 50:10
That obeys the voice of His
That
Let him
Ezekiel 3:12-14
Then the
Ezekiel 11:24
And the
Ezekiel 37:1
The
Ezekiel 40:1-2
In the
Daniel 2:5-13
The king replied to the Chaldeans, “
Matthew 2:16
Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by
Matthew 4:1
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will
Acts 12:19
When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they
2 Corinthians 12:2-3
I know a man
2 Timothy 3:15
and that