1 Kings 22:5
World English Bible (WEB)
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”
In context
3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
4 He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
5 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
7 But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of him?”
1 Kings 22:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”
- KJV King James Version
- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, 'Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, this day of the word of Jehovah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day.