1 Kings 22:21 Parallel Translations

"Then the Spirit stepped forward, stood in front of the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.' " 'How?' the LORD asked.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

ASV:

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

BBE:

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

DBY:

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

ERV:

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

JPS:

And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.

WBS:

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

WEB:

A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said,'I will entice him.'

YLT:

'And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

1 Kings 22:21 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 22:20 "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that.

1 Kings 22:22 "The LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and {q} stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
(q) Here we see that though the devil is always ready to bring us to destruction, yet he has no more power than God gives him.

WES:

22:21 A spirit - An evil spirit came, and presented himself before the throne.

MHC:

22:15-28 The greatest kindness we can do to one that is going in a dangerous way, is, to tell him of his danger. To leave the hardened criminal without excuse, and to give a useful lesson to others, Micaiah related his vision. This matter is represented after the manner of men: we are not to imagine that God is ever put upon new counsels; or that he needs to consult with angels, or any creature, about the methods he should take; or that he is the author of sin, or the cause of any man's telling or believing a lie. Micaiah returned not the blow of Zedekiah, yet, since he boasted of the Spirit, as those commonly do that know least of the Holy Spirit's operations, the true prophet left him to be convinced of his error by the event. Those that will not have their mistakes set right in time, by the word of God, will be undeceived, when it is too late, by the judgments of God. We should be ashamed of what we call trials, were we to consider what the servants of God have endured. Yet it will be well, if freedom from trouble prove not more hurtful to us; we are more easily allured and bribed into unfaithfulness and conformity to the world, than driven to them.

CONC:

Entice Forth Forward Persuade Saying Spirit Standeth Stood Trick

Entice Finally Forth Forward Persuade Spirit Standeth Stood Trick

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