Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said, "If they come out for peace, take them alive.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Holman Bible
So he said, “If they have marched out in peace,
International Standard Version
"Take them alive, whether they've come in peace or not," he ordered.
A Conservative Version
And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they come out for war, taken them alive.
American Standard Version
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
Amplified
And he said, “Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive.”
Bible in Basic English
And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
Darby Translation
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, If for peace they came forth, seize them living; and if for war they came forth, seize them living.
King James 2000
And he said, If they be come out for peace, take them alive; or if they be come out for war, take them alive.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, seize them alive; and if they have come out for war, seize them alive."
Modern King James verseion
And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.
NET Bible
He ordered, "Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive."
New Heart English Bible
He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."
The Emphasized Bible
And he said - If, peaceably, they have come, take them alive, - or, if, fighting, they have come, alive, take ye them.
Webster
And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
World English Bible
He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Destruction of ben-hadad's army
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Deliverance of, effected
Syria » The israelites » Under ahab encouraged and assisted by God, overcame
Interlinear
Yatsa'
Shalowm
Taphas
תּפשׂ
Taphas
Usage: 65
Yatsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
17 And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first. And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him, saying, "There came men out of Samaria." 18 And he said, "If they come out for peace, take them alive. 19 And also if they come for war, take them yet alive." And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them,
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 14:8-12
After that, Amaziah sent messengers to Joash the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us see each other."
1 Samuel 2:3-4
Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts.
1 Samuel 14:11-12
And when they had both showed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, "See, the Hebrews come out of the holes where they had hid themselves in."
1 Samuel 17:44
And he said to David, "Come to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field."
Proverbs 18:12
After pride cometh destruction; and honour after lowliness.