1 Kings 22:21

English Standard Version

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

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.

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.

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?'

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 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?" And he answered him, "Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king." ¹⁶ 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 ?" ¹⁷ And he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.'" ¹⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" ¹⁹ And Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; ²⁰ and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another. ²¹ Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord , saying, ‘I will entice him.' ²² And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?' And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.' ²³ Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you." ²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to 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 tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Genesis 22:12
He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

Numbers 23:7
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!'

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 32:2
Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

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.”