1 Kings 22:21

Easy-to-Read Version

Then a spirit went and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will fool him!' The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord’s presence, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

Hebrew Names Version
There came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

King James Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord , and said, I will persuade him.

English Standard Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord , saying, ‘I will entice him.'

New Century Version
Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.'

New English Translation
Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord . He said, ‘I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, ‘How?'

Amplified Bible
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.'

New American Standard Bible
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then there came forth a spirit, & stoode before the Lord, and sayd, I wil entise him. And the Lord sayd vnto him, Wherewith?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him.'

Contemporary English Version
then finally a spirit came forward and said to the Lord , "I can trick Ahab." "How?" the Lord asked.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then a spirit stepped up, stood in front of Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.'

Darby Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

George Lamsa Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

Good News Translation
until a spirit stepped forward, approached the Lord , and said, ‘I will deceive him.'

Lexham English Bible
Then a spirit came out and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him,' and Yahweh said to him, ‘How?'

Literal Translation
And a spirit came forth and stood before Jehovah, and said, I surely will entice him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wete there forth a sprete, & stode before the LORDE, and sayde: I wyl disceaue him.

American Standard Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

Bible in Basic English
Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there came foorth a certayne spirite, and stoode before the Lorde, and sayde: I will persuade him. And the Lorde sayde vnto him: Wherwith?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.

King James Version (1611)
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.

English Revised Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli a spirit yede out, and stood bifor the Lord, and seide, Y schal disseyue hym. To whom the Lord spak, In what thing?

Young's Literal Translation
`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

Update Bible Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

World English Bible
There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him.

New King James Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, "I will persuade him.'

New Living Translation
and finally a spirit approached the Lord and said, ‘I can do it!'

New Life Bible
Then a spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will lead him.'

New Revised Standard
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord , saying, ‘I will entice him.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said - I, will persuade him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

Revised Standard Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, 'I will entice him.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Micaiah went and stood before King Ahab. The king asked him, "Micaiah, should we go and attack the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead or not?" Micaiah answered, "Yes, go and be successful! The Lord will let you take the city." ¹⁶ But Ahab answered, "How many times do I have to tell you? Tell me the truth. What does the Lord say?" ¹⁷ So Micaiah answered, "I can see the army of Israel scattered all over the hills, like sheep with no one to lead them. This is what the Lord says: ‘These men have no leaders. Let them go home in peace.'" ¹⁸ Then Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "See, I told you! This prophet never says anything good about me. He always says something bad." ¹⁹ But Micaiah said, "Listen to this message from the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne. All of heaven's army was standing around him, some on his left side and some on his right side. ²⁰ The Lord said, ‘Which of you will go fool Ahab into attacking the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead so that he will be killed?' The angels discussed many different plans. ²¹ Then a spirit went and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will fool him!' The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?' ²² The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab's prophets and cause them to tell lies.' So the Lord said, ‘Yes, that will fool Ahab. Go out and do that.' ²³ "So that is what has happened here. The Lord made your prophets lie to you. The Lord himself decided to bring this disaster to you." ²⁴ Then the prophet Zedekiah went to Micaiah and hit him on the face. Zedekiah said, "How is it that the Spirit of the Lord left me to speak through you?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 22:23, Job 1:6, Job 1:7, Job 2:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:10 - so let him 2 Chronicles 18:21 - General Psalms 78:49 - by sending Micah 2:11 - a man Acts 5:3 - why Acts 19:15 - General Revelation 22:15 - whosoever

Cross-References

Genesis 22:1
After these things God decided to test Abraham's faith. God said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Yes!"

Genesis 22:12
The angel said, "Don't kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you do respect and obey God. I see that you are ready to kill your son, your only son, for me."

Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left that place. The servant carried with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Mesopotamia, to Nahor's city.

Numbers 23:7
Then Balaam spoke, and this was his message: "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me here from the eastern mountains of Aram. Balak said to me, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, speak against the Israelites.'

Job 1:1
There was a man named Job who lived in the country of Uz. He was a good, honest man. He respected God and refused to do evil.

Job 32:2
But there was a young man there named Elihu son of Barakel. He was a descendant of a man named Buz. Elihu was from the family of Ram. He became very angry because Job kept saying he was innocent—that he was right and God was wrong.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there came forth a spirit,.... Not from the heavenly host on the right hand or the left, for they are pure and holy spirits, and impeccable, and cannot lie or deceive; but the evil spirit, Satan, the father of lies, the old deceiver, who came forth from his own place and his own company:

and stood before the Lord presented himself before him, as Satan did, Job 1:6,

and said, l will persuade him; or prevail upon him; evil spirits love to be employed in doing harm to men, they go about seeking whom they may devour. This could not be the spirit of Naboth, as the Jews say q, seeking revenge on Ahab; that was in a state of happiness, could not move from thence, and be capable of sinning.

q T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 89. 1. & 102. 2. Targum in 2 Chron. xviii. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A spirit - “The spirit “ - which some explain as “the evil spirit” - i. e. Satan; others as simply “the spirit” who should “persuade.”