2 Chronicles 18:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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?”
In context
13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
14 When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be given into your hand.”
15 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?”
16 So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
17 Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
2 Chronicles 18:15 in every translation
- BSB 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?”
- KJV King James Version
- And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
- WEB 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 LORD’s name?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'
- DBY 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?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?