1 Kings 20:18
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
In context
16 They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
17 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
20 They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
1 Kings 20:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.