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New King James Version

1 Kings 22:14

And Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Micaiah;   Minister, Christian;   Prophets;   Reproof;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courage;   Courage-Fear;   Courageous Reformers;   Inspiration;   Jehoshaphat;   Leaders;   Prophets;   Reformers, Courageous;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jehoshaphat;   Micah;   Prophecy, prophet;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Chenaanah;   Hananiah;   Johanan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Micaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Persecution;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Micaiah ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Micaiah;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mica'iah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will say whatever the Lord says to me.”
Hebrew Names Version
Mikhayahu said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that will I speak.
King James Version
And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
English Standard Version
But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak."
New Century Version
But Micaiah answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me."
New English Translation
But Micaiah said, "As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say."
Amplified Bible
But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, I will speak what the LORD says to me."
New American Standard Bible
But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, I shall speak it."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I shall speak."
Contemporary English Version
"I'll say whatever the living Lord tells me to say," Micaiah replied.
Complete Jewish Bible
But Mikhay'hu answered, "As Adonai lives, whatever Adonai says to me is what I will say."
Darby Translation
And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Micaiah answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, I can say only what the Lord says."
George Lamsa Translation
And Micah said, As the LORD lives, whatsoever the LORD says to me, that will I speak.
Good News Translation
But Micaiah answered, "By the living Lord I promise that I will say what he tells me to!"
Lexham English Bible
Then Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, surely only as Yahweh speaks to me, that will I speak."
Literal Translation
And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, Surely that which Jehovah says to me, that I will speak.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Micheas sayde: As truly as the LORDE liueth, loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me, yt wyl I speake.
American Standard Version
And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
Bible in Basic English
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Michea sayde: As the Lorde lyueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Micaiah said: 'As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.'
King James Version (1611)
And Micaiah sayde, As the Lord liueth, what the Lord saith vnto me, that will I speake.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Michaias said, As the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
English Revised Version
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
Berean Standard Bible
But Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom Mychee seide, The Lord lyueth, for what euer thing the Lord schal seie to me, Y schal speke this.
Young's Literal Translation
And Micaiah saith, `Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me -- it I speak.'
Update Bible Version
And Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith to me, that will I speak.
World English Bible
Micaiah said, As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that will I speak.
New Living Translation
But Micaiah replied, "As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what the Lord tells me to say."
New Life Bible
But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord says to me."
New Revised Standard
But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Micaiah said, - By the life of Yahweh, what Yahweh saith unto me, that, will I, speak.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
Revised Standard Version
But Micai'ah said, "As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak."
THE MESSAGE
But Micaiah said, "As surely as God lives, what God says, I'll say."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I shall speak."

Contextual Overview

1 2 Chronicles 18:1-27">[xr] Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel. 2 Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?" 4 So he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." 5 Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of the LORD today." 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?" So they said, "Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king." 7 And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?" [fn] 8 So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say such things!" 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!" 10 The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

what the Lord: Numbers 22:38, Numbers 24:13, 2 Chronicles 18:12, 2 Chronicles 18:13, Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 26:3, Jeremiah 42:4, Ezekiel 2:4-8, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 4:2, Galatians 1:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:2 - General Exodus 34:32 - he gave Numbers 22:18 - I cannot Numbers 23:26 - General 1 Kings 17:1 - As the Lord God Isaiah 21:10 - that which Jeremiah 1:7 - for thou shalt Jeremiah 34:6 - General Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt Matthew 15:12 - Knowest Matthew 22:16 - neither Mark 6:18 - It is Luke 6:26 - so Acts 4:19 - to hearken 1 Corinthians 2:4 - not 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - by the

Cross-References

Genesis 22:4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
Genesis 22:5
And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad [fn] and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you."
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; [fn] as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of The Lord it shall be provided."
Genesis 22:17
blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; [fn] but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: [fn] "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; [fn]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Micaiah said, as the Lord liveth,.... He swore by the living God, for the confirmation of what he was about to say:

what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak; truly and faithfully, keeping nothing back, nor adding anything, whether it be good or evil, pleasing or displeasing; it looks as if as yet he had no instruction from the Lord what to say, and yet the vision he later declares seems to have been had by him before, 1 Kings 22:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micaiah, as a true prophet of Yahweh, of course rejected the counsel offered him, which he felt to be at once wicked and foolish. Compare also the resolution of Balaam, marginal reference.


 
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