2 Chronicles 18:15

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord?” The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD? And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord ? But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?" But Ahab said to Micaiah, "How many times do I have to tell you to speak only the truth to me in the name of the Lord ?" The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?" Then the king said to him, "How many times must I warn you (make you swear an oath) to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh? And the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord? Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?" But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?" Ahab shouted, "Micaiah, I've told you over and over to tell me the truth! What does the Lord really say?" The king said to him, "How many times do I have to warn you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Adonai ?" And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah? But Ahab answered, "How many times do I have to tell you? Tell me the truth. What does the Lord say?" And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the Lord , tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?" But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak nothing except the truth in the name of Yahweh?" And the king said to him, Until how many times must I put you on oath that you speak nothing to me but the truth in the name of Jehovah? But ye kynge sayde vnto him: I charge ye yet agayne, that thou tell me nothinge but ye trueth in the name of the LORDE. And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah? And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord? And the king sayde to him: So and so many times do I charge thee that thou say nothing but the trueth to me in the name of the Lorde. And the king said to him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD.' And the king sayd to him, Howe many times shall I adiure thee, that thou say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord? And the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge thee that thou speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord? And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD? And the kyng seide, Eft and eft Y charge thee, that thou speke not to me no but that that is soth in the name of the Lord. And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh? And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" But the king replied sharply, "How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the Lord ?" Then the king said to him, "How many times must I tell you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?" But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?" Then the king said unto him, How many times, must, I, be putting thee on oath, - that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh? And the king said: I adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord. But the king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?' And the king says to him, "How many times am I adjuring you that you speak to me only truth in the Name of YHWH?" "Not so fast," said the king. "How many times have I made you promise under oath to tell me the truth and nothing but the truth?" Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

Hebrew Names Version
The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

King James Version
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord ?

English Standard Version
But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"

New Century Version
But Ahab said to Micaiah, "How many times do I have to tell you to speak only the truth to me in the name of the Lord ?"

New English Translation
The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?"

Amplified Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I warn you (make you swear an oath) to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

World English Bible
The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Berean Standard Bible
But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Contemporary English Version
Ahab shouted, "Micaiah, I've told you over and over to tell me the truth! What does the Lord really say?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to him, "How many times do I have to warn you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Adonai ?"

Darby Translation
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

Easy-to-Read Version
But Ahab answered, "How many times do I have to tell you? Tell me the truth. What does the Lord say?"

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

Good News Translation
But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the Lord , tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

Lexham English Bible
But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak nothing except the truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Literal Translation
And the king said to him, Until how many times must I put you on oath that you speak nothing to me but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye kynge sayde vnto him: I charge ye yet agayne, that thou tell me nothinge but ye trueth in the name of the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

Bible in Basic English
And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde to him: So and so many times do I charge thee that thou say nothing but the trueth to me in the name of the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said to him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD.'

King James Version (1611)
And the king sayd to him, Howe many times shall I adiure thee, that thou say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge thee that thou speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord?

English Revised Version
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng seide, Eft and eft Y charge thee, that thou speke not to me no but that that is soth in the name of the Lord.

Update Bible Version
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

New King James Version
So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

New Living Translation
But the king replied sharply, "How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the Lord ?"

New Life Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I tell you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?"

New Revised Standard
But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the king said unto him, How many times, must, I, be putting thee on oath, - that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said: I adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
But the king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

THE MESSAGE
"Not so fast," said the king. "How many times have I made you promise under oath to tell me the truth and nothing but the truth?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Contextual Overview

⁴But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.” ⁴ Yehoshafat said to the king of Yisra'el, Please inquire first for the word of the LORD. ⁴ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. ⁴ And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Inquire first for the word of the Lord ." ⁴ Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, "But first we should ask if this is the Lord 's will." ⁴ Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the Lord ." ⁴Further, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." ⁴ However, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please request the word of the LORD first." ⁴ Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh. ⁴ And Iehoshaphat sayde vnto the King of Israel, Aske counsel, I pray thee, at the worde of the Lord this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall I adjure: 1 Samuel 14:24, 1 Kings 22:16, Matthew 26:63, Mark 5:7, Acts 19:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:1 - hear 2 Chronicles 18:26 - Put Jeremiah 38:14 - I will 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
The LORD said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:9
Then Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"

Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 4:9
Then Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:9
Afterwards the Lord asked Cain, "Where is Abel?" "How should I know?" he answered. "Am I supposed to look after my brother?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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