1 Kings 22:18

Douay-Rheims Bible

(Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil?)

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster?”

Hebrew Names Version
The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

King James Version
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

English Standard Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

New Century Version
Then Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I told you! He never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad."

New English Translation
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?"

Amplified Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
(And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

Contemporary English Version
Ahab turned to Jehoshaphat and said, "I told you he would bring bad news!"

Complete Jewish Bible
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?"

Darby Translation
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "See, I told you! This prophet never says anything good about me. He always says something bad."

George Lamsa Translation
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

Good News Translation
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good for me? It's always something bad!"

Lexham English Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but disaster?"

Literal Translation
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say to you, He will not prophesy good of me, but evil?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde ye kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat: Tolde not I ye that he wolde prophecye me no good, but euell?

American Standard Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

Bible in Basic English
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: Dyd I not tell thee, that he woulde prophecie no good vnto me, but euyll?)

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'

King James Version (1611)
And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good concerning me, but euill?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for he speaks nothing but evil?

English Revised Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng of Israel seide to Josaphat, Whethir Y seide not to thee, that he prophecieth not good to me, but euere yuel?

Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, but evil?'

Update Bible Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

World English Bible
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

New King James Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

New Living Translation
"Didn't I tell you?" the king of Israel exclaimed to Jehoshaphat. "He never prophesies anything but trouble for me."

New Life Bible
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not speak good of me, but bad?"

New Revised Standard
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy anything favorable about me, but only disaster?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said the king of Israel, unto Jehoshaphat, - Did I not say unto thee, He will not be moved to prophesy concerning me anything good, only calamity.

Revised Standard Version
And the king of Israel said to Jehosh'aphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

THE MESSAGE
Then the king of Israel turned to Jehoshaphat, "See! What did I tell you? He never has a good word for me from God , only doom."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hands. ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace. ¹⁸ (Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil?) ¹⁹ And he added and said: Hear thou, therefore, the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left: ²⁰ And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab, king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise. ²¹ 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? ²² And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit, in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so. ²³ Now, therefore, behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. ²⁴ And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?

Bible Verse Review
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Did I not tell: 1 Kings 22:8, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 27:22, Proverbs 29:1, Luke 11:45

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:42 - a valiant 2 Chronicles 18:17 - Did I not tell Mark 11:18 - feared 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - God 2 Timothy 4:3 - they will Revelation 11:10 - these

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 22:3
So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass, and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he went his way to the place which God had commanded him.

Genesis 22:4
And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.

Genesis 22:5
And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass; I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you.

Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.

Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.

Genesis 22:10
And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.

1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.

Psalms 72:17
(71-17) Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,.... Plainly perceiving that the prophet foretold that he should fall in battle:

did not I tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? intimating that this proceeded from spite and malice, from ill will to him and hatred of him, and was not from the Lord, and therefore not to be regarded; he had told him three years ago his life should go for letting Benhadad go; but it had not proved true, and no more would this; and Jehoshaphat being an easy man, and too credulous, believed what Ahab said of the character of this prophet, or otherwise it is not to be accounted for that he should go with him to war after such a declaration made.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 1 Kings 22:8. Ahab implies that he believes Micaiah to have spoken out of pure malevolence, without any authority for his prediction from God. By implication he invites Jehoshaphat to disregard this pseudo-prophecy, and to put his trust in the unanimous declaration of the 400. Micaiah, therefore, proceeds to explain the contradiction between himself and the 400, by recounting another vision.