I Księga Królewska 20:38

Biblia Brzeska

Szedł tedy on prorok i stanął podle drogi, kędy król miał idź, a odmienił się zasłoniwszy oczy swoje.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Szedł tedy on prorok, a zabieżał królowi na drodze, i odmienił się, zasłoniwszy oczy swoje.

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Wtedy prorok poszedł, stanął na drodze, którą król miał przejeżdżać i, by nie można było go poznać, zasłonił sobie oczy przepaską.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
A ów prorok poszedł, stanął i bandażem przesłonił swoje oczy, przy drodze oczekując na króla.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Szedł tedy on prorok, a zabieżał królowi na drodze, i odmienił się, zasłoniwszy oczy swoje.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Prorok poszedł więc i czekał na króla na drodze, i zmienił swój wygląd dzięki zasłonie na twarzy.

Biblia Warszawska
I odszedł ów prorok, i stanął królowi na drodze, i zmienił swój wygląd, nałożywszy na oczy opaskę.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

disguised: 1 Kings 14:2, 1 Kings 22:30, 2 Samuel 14:2, Matthew 6:16

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:22 - I only 1 Kings 20:22 - the prophet 1 Kings 20:35 - of the sons 1 Kings 20:41 - the ashes away 2 Chronicles 18:29 - I will disguise Mark 12:12 - knew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,.... As he went from Aphek, the place where the battle had been fought, to Samaria, his royal seat:

and disguised himself with ashes upon his face; the Targum is, he covered his eyes with a vail, or piece of cloth, which he wrapped about his head, as men do when they have got a wound or bruise in such a part, which seems very probable; for had he besmeared his face with ashes, clay, or dust, or any such thing, he could not so easily have got it off, as in 1 Kings 20:41.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ashes - Rather, “a bandage” (and in 1 Kings 20:41). The object of the wound and bandage was double. Partly, it was to prevent Ahab from recognizing the prophet’s face; partly, to induce him to believe that the man had really been engaged in the recent war.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. Disguised himself with ashes upon his face. — It does not immediately appear how putting ashes upon his face could disguise him. Instead of אפר apher, dust, Houbigant conjectures that it should be אפד aphad, a fillet or bandage. It is only the corner of the last letter which makes the difference; for the ד daleth and ר resh are nearly the same, only the shoulder of the former is square, the latter round. That bandage, not dust, was the original reading, seems pretty evident from its remains in two of the oldest versions, the Septuagint and the Chaldee; the former has Και κατεδησατο εν τελαμωνι τους οφθαλμους αυτου, "And he bound his eyes with a fillet." The latter has וכריך במעפריאעינוהי ukerich bemaaphira einohi; "And he covered his eyes with a cloth." The MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi contain no various reading here; but bandage is undoubtedly the true one. However, in the way of mortification, both the Jews and Hindoos put ashes upon their heads and faces, and make themselves sufficiently disgusting.