1 Kings 22:16
World English Bible (WEB)
The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”
In context
14 Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak.”
15 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” He answered him, “Go up and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
16 The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”
17 He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”
18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
1 Kings 22:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”
- KJV King James Version
- And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
- 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?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king said unto 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 nothing unto me but 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 tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?