Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And the prophet will go and stand by the king by the way; and he will be disguised with a bandage over his eyes.

New American Standard Bible

So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

King James Version

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

Holman Bible

Then the prophet went and waited for the king on the road. He disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

International Standard Version

Then the prophet left and waited for the king to pass by, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

A Conservative Version

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

American Standard Version

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

Amplified

So the prophet left and waited for King Ahab by the road, and disguised himself [as a wounded soldier] with a bandage over his eyes.

Bible in Basic English

So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.

Darby Translation

And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

King James 2000

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the prophet went and {waited} for the king along the road and disguised himself with a headband over his eyes.

Modern King James verseion

And the prophet went and waited for the king by the wayside, and disguised himself with ashes on his face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the Prophet went forth and waited for the king by the way and altered his face with ashes.

NET Bible

The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

New Heart English Bible

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

Then the prophet departed, and waited for the king, by the way, - and disguised himself with his turban over his eyes.

Webster

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

World English Bible

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So the prophet
נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

for the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

by the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

and disguised
חפשׂ 
Chaphas 
Usage: 23

himself with ashes
אפר 
'apher 
Usage: 2

References

Context Readings

Ahab Rebuked By The Lord

37 And he will find another man, and he will say, Strike me now. And the man will strike him, striking and wounding. 38 And the prophet will go and stand by the king by the way; and he will be disguised with a bandage over his eyes. 39 And it will be the king passing by, and he cried to the king, and he will say, Thy servant went forth into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and he will bring a man to me, and say, Watch this man: if missing, he shall be missed, and thy soul being instead of his soul, or thou shalt weigh a talent of silver.



Cross References

1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam will say to his wife, Arise, now, and change thyself, and they will not know that thou art the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold there Ahijah the prophet; he spake concerning me for king over this people.

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab will send to Tekoah and take from thence a wise woman, and he will say to her, Thou shalt mourn, and put on now garments of mourning, and thou shalt not be anointed with oil, and be thou as a woman this many days mourning for the dead:

1 Kings 22:30

And the king of Israel will say to Jehoshaphat, Disguising myself and going into the war; and thou put on thy garments. And the king of Israel will se himself, and will go into the war.

Matthew 6:16

And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward.

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