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
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
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
Yalak
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 20:38
Verse Info
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.
Names
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.