1 Kings 22:16

New Life Version

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?"

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?"

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 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 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 Micaiah came to the king. And the king said to him, "Micaiah, should we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or should we not?" He answered, "Go up and do well. The Lord will give it to the king." ¹⁶ 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?" ¹⁷ So Micaiah said, "I saw all Israel spread upon the mountains like sheep which have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no owner. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" ¹⁸ Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not speak good of me, but bad?" ¹⁹ Micaiah said, "So hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne. All those in heaven were standing by Him on His right and on His left. ²⁰ The Lord said, ‘Who will lead Ahab to go up and die at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another thing. ²¹ Then a spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will lead him.' ²² The Lord said to him, ‘How?' And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all those who will tell what will happen in the future.' Then the Lord said, ‘You are to lead him, and do well. Go and do so.' ²³ Now see, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these who tell what will happen in the future. The Lord has said bad things against you." ²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came and hit Micaiah on the face and said, "How did the Spirit of the Lord go from 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
And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.

Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked and saw a ram behind him, with his horns caught in the bushes. Abraham went and took the ram, and gave him as a burnt gift instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14
Abraham gave that place the name "The Lord will give us what we need." And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be given."

Psalms 105:9
the agreement that He made with Abraham, and His promise to Isaac.

Isaiah 45:23
By Myself I have sworn. The Word has gone out from My mouth in truth, and will not turn back: ‘Every knee will bow down before Me. And every tongue will say that I am God.'

Jeremiah 49:13
For I have promised by Myself," says the Lord, "that Bozrah will become an object of trouble, a shame, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be destroyed forever."

Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord of All has promised by Himself, saying, "For sure I will fill you with men, as with many locusts. And they will call out that they have won the war against you."

Amos 6:8
The Lord God has promised by Himself. The Lord God of All has said, "I hate the pride of Jacob, and I hate his strong-places, so I will give up the city and everything in it."

Luke 1:73
God promised this to our early father Abraham.

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.