1 Kings 22:21

Bible in Basic English

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord’s presence, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

Hebrew Names Version
There came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

King James Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord , and said, I will persuade him.

English Standard Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord , saying, ‘I will entice him.'

New Century Version
Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.'

New English Translation
Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord . He said, ‘I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, ‘How?'

Amplified Bible
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.'

New American Standard Bible
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then there came forth a spirit, & stoode before the Lord, and sayd, I wil entise him. And the Lord sayd vnto him, Wherewith?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him.'

Contemporary English Version
then finally a spirit came forward and said to the Lord , "I can trick Ahab." "How?" the Lord asked.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then a spirit stepped up, stood in front of Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.'

Darby Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then a spirit went and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will fool him!' The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?'

George Lamsa Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

Good News Translation
until a spirit stepped forward, approached the Lord , and said, ‘I will deceive him.'

Lexham English Bible
Then a spirit came out and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him,' and Yahweh said to him, ‘How?'

Literal Translation
And a spirit came forth and stood before Jehovah, and said, I surely will entice him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wete there forth a sprete, & stode before the LORDE, and sayde: I wyl disceaue him.

American Standard Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there came foorth a certayne spirite, and stoode before the Lorde, and sayde: I will persuade him. And the Lorde sayde vnto him: Wherwith?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.

King James Version (1611)
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.

English Revised Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli a spirit yede out, and stood bifor the Lord, and seide, Y schal disseyue hym. To whom the Lord spak, In what thing?

Young's Literal Translation
`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

Update Bible Version
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

World English Bible
There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him.

New King James Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, "I will persuade him.'

New Living Translation
and finally a spirit approached the Lord and said, ‘I can do it!'

New Life Bible
Then a spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will lead him.'

New Revised Standard
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord , saying, ‘I will entice him.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said - I, will persuade him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

Revised Standard Version
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, 'I will entice him.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. ¹⁶ Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord? ¹⁷ Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace. ¹⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil? ¹⁹ And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left. ²⁰ And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another. ²¹ Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. ²² And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so. ²³ And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you. ²⁴ Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 22:23, Job 1:6, Job 1:7, Job 2:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:10 - so let him 2 Chronicles 18:21 - General Psalms 78:49 - by sending Micah 2:11 - a man Acts 5:3 - why Acts 19:15 - General Revelation 22:15 - whosoever

Cross-References

Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:12
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

Numbers 23:7
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Job 32:2
And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there came forth a spirit,.... Not from the heavenly host on the right hand or the left, for they are pure and holy spirits, and impeccable, and cannot lie or deceive; but the evil spirit, Satan, the father of lies, the old deceiver, who came forth from his own place and his own company:

and stood before the Lord presented himself before him, as Satan did, Job 1:6,

and said, l will persuade him; or prevail upon him; evil spirits love to be employed in doing harm to men, they go about seeking whom they may devour. This could not be the spirit of Naboth, as the Jews say q, seeking revenge on Ahab; that was in a state of happiness, could not move from thence, and be capable of sinning.

q T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 89. 1. & 102. 2. Targum in 2 Chron. xviii. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A spirit - “The spirit “ - which some explain as “the evil spirit” - i. e. Satan; others as simply “the spirit” who should “persuade.”