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1 Kings 22:16

16 But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

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1 Kings 22:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 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?

1 Kings 22:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 But Ahab said to Micaiah, “How many times do I have to tell you to speak only the truth to me in the name of the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 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?

1 Kings 22:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 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?

1 Kings 22:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 The king asked him, “How many times must I make you take an oath in the Lord’s name to tell me nothing but the truth?” 

1 Kings 22:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 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 Yahweh?”

1 Kings 22:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Then the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear that you shall not tell me anything but truth in the name of Yahweh?”

1 Kings 22:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 The king said to him, “I’ve made you promise to tell the truth many times before. So don’t tell me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord.”

1 Kings 22:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Then the king said to him, “How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”


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