1 Kings 21:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Naboth told Ahab, "The LORD has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

ASV:

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

BBE:

But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

DBY:

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!

ERV:

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

JPS:

And Naboth said to Ahab: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.'

WBS:

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

WEB:

Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

YLT:

And Naboth saith unto Ahab, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

1 Kings 21:3 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 25:23 The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.

Numbers 36:7 "Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Ezekiel 46:18 "The prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, thrusting them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:3 The Lord forbid - For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted. And although these might have been alienated 'till the jubilee, yet he durst not sell it to the king for that time; because he supposed, if once it came into the king's hand, neither he, nor his posterity, could ever recover it; and so he should both offend God, and wrong his posterity.

MHC:

21:1-4 Naboth, perhaps, had been pleased that he had a vineyard situated so near the palace, but the situation proved fatal to him; many a man's possessions have been his snare, and his neighbourhood to greatness, of bad consequence. Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment, and makes men torment themselves. It is a sin that is its own parent; it arises not from the condition, but from the mind: as we find Paul contented in a prison, so Ahab was discontented in a palace. He had all the delights of Canaan, that pleasant land, at command; the wealth of a kingdom, the pleasures of a court, and the honours and powers of a throne; yet all avails him nothing without Naboth's vineyard. Wrong desires expose men to continual vexations, and those that are disposed to fret, however well off, may always find something or other to fret at.

CONC:

Ahab Fathers Forbid Giving Heritage Inheritance Naboth Replied

Ahab Far Fathers Forbid Heritage Inheritance Naboth

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