1 Kings 22:16

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 ?"

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 unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true 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
But the king [doubted him and] said to him, "How many times must I make you swear 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?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?

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

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

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 tell me nothing but that which is true 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
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you shall not tell me anything but truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Literal Translation
And the king said to him, How many times have I adjured you that you shall speak nothing to me but truth in the name of Jehovah?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne: I charge ye that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth, in the name of ye LORDE.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto 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
Then 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 vnto him: So and so many times do I charge thee that thou tell me nothing but that whiche is true, in the name of the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto 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 said vnto him, How many times shall I adiure thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the Name of the Lord ?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?

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

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?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the kyng seide to hym, Eft and eft Y coniure thee, that thou speke not to me, not but that that is soth 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 nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?'

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 tell me nothing but [that which is] true 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?

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 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
And the king said unto him, How many times must, I, adjure thee, - that thou speak unto me nothing but truth, in the name of Yahweh?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, 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?"

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

¹⁵ When he reached the king, the king asked him, "Mikhay'hu, should we go up and attack Ramot-Gil‘ad; or should we hold off?" He answered, "Go up, you will succeed, Adonai will hand it over to the king." ¹⁶ 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 ?" ¹⁷ Then he said, "I saw all Isra'el scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd; and Adonai said, ‘These men have no leader; let everyone go home in peace.'" ¹⁸ The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophesy good things about me, but bad?" ¹⁹ Mikhay'hu continued: "Therefore hear the word of Adonai . I saw Adonai sitting on his throne with the whole army of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left. ²⁰ Adonai asked, ‘Who will entice Ach'av to go up to his death at Ramot-Gil‘ad?' One of them said, ‘Do it this way,' and another, ‘Do it that way.' ²¹ Then a spirit stepped up, stood in front of Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.' ²² Adonai asked, ‘How?' and he answered, ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' Adonai said, ‘You will succeed in enticing him. Go, and do it.' ²³ So now Adonai has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; meanwhile, Adonai has ordained disaster for you." ²⁴ Then Tzidkiyah the son of Kena‘anah came up, slapped Mikhay'hu in the face and said, "And how did the Spirit of Adonai leave me to speak to you?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall I adjure: Joshua 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:24, 2 Chronicles 18:15, Matthew 26:63, Mark 5:7, Acts 19:13

that thou tell: Jeremiah 42:3-6, Matthew 22:16, Matthew 22:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:1 - hear 1 Samuel 3:17 - God 1 Samuel 15:16 - Stay Jeremiah 37:17 - Is there Jeremiah 38:14 - I will Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing.

Genesis 22:13
Avraham raised his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. Avraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:14
Avraham called the place Adonai Yir'eh [ Adonai will see (to it), Adonai provides] — as it is said to this day, "On the mountain Adonai is seen."

Psalms 105:9
the covenant he made with Avraham, the oath he swore to Yitz'chak,

Isaiah 45:23
In the name of myself I have sworn, from my mouth has rightly gone out, a word that will not return — that to me every knee will bow and every tongue will swear

Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself," says Adonai , "that Botzrah will become a ruin and an object of astonishment, reproach and cursing; all its cities will be ruins forever."

Jeremiah 51:14
Adonai -Tzva'ot has sworn by himself, "I will fill you with men as numerous as grasshoppers; they will raise over you a shout of triumph."

Amos 6:8
"Adonai Elohim swears by himself," says Adonai Elohei -Tzva'ot, "I detest that Ya‘akov is so proud, and I hate his palaces. I will hand over the city, along with everything in it."

Luke 1:73
the oath he swore before Avraham avinu

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto him, how many times shall I adjure thee,.... Not that he had as yet adjured him at all, or not till now; but he asks him how often he must be obliged to do it; and now he adjures him once for all, that he might not be forced to repeat it:

that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord? for he observed he did not speak in the name of the Lord before, and what he said was not in a serious but ludicrous manner, and not to be regarded as truth.