1 Kings 20:41

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Then hastened he, and removed the turban from over his eyes, - and the king of Israel knew him, that, of the prophets, was, he.

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
And he hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

New Living Translation
Then the prophet quickly pulled the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

English Revised Version
And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

New Century Version
Then the prophet quickly took the cloth from his face. When the king of Israel saw him, he knew he was one of the prophets.

New English Translation
The prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he [was] of the prophets.

World English Bible
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

Amplified Bible
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and [Ahab] the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

English Standard Version
Then he hurried to take the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And anoon he wipide awey the dust fro his face, and the kyng of Israel knew him, that he was of the prophetis.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

Contemporary English Version
The man quickly tore the bandage off his face, and Ahab saw that he was one of the prophets.

American Standard Version
And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

Bible in Basic English
Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

Complete Jewish Bible
Quickly he removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Isra'el recognized him as one of the prophets.

Darby Translation
Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the prophet quickly took the cloth from his face, and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

King James Version (1611)
And he hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face, and the king of Israel discerned him that hee was of the Prophets.

New Life Bible
In a hurry the man took the cloth away from his eyes. And the king of Israel saw that he was one of the men who speak for God.

New Revised Standard
Then he quickly took the bandage away from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face: and the King of Israel knewe him that he was of the Prophets:

George Lamsa Translation
And ha hasted and wiped off the ashes from his face; and the king of Israel realized that he was of the prophets.

Good News Translation
The prophet tore the cloth from his face, and at once the king recognized him as one of the prophets.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.

Revised Standard Version
Then he made haste to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he hasted, & toke the ashes away from his face, and the king of Israel knewe him, that he was of ye prophetes.

Christian Standard Bible®
He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.

Hebrew Names Version
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Yisra'el discerned him that he was of the prophets.

King James Version
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

Lexham English Bible
He quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was from the prophets.

Literal Translation
And he hurried and took the ashes from his eyes. And the king of Israel saw him, that he was of the prophets.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he [is] of the prophets,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then put he the a?shes from his face in all the haist. And the kynge of Israel knewe him, that he was one of the prophetes.

THE MESSAGE
At that, the man ripped the bandage off his eyes and the king recognized who he was—one of the prophets!

New American Standard Bible
Then he quickly took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.

New King James Version
And he hastened to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was of the prophets.

Contextual Overview

³¹ And his servants said unto him, Lo! we pray thee, we have heard, of the kings of the house of Israel, that, kings known for lovingkindness, they are. Let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes about our head, and let us go forth unto the king of Israel, peradventure he will save alive thy soul. ³² So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes about their heads, and came in unto the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant, Ben-hadad, saith, - Let my soul live, I pray thee. And he said, - Is he yet alive? My brother, he is. ³³ Now, the men, could divine, so they hastened to let him confirm the word of his own accord, and they said, - Thy brother, is Ben-hadad! He said therefore, - Go fetch him. So Ben-hadad came forth unto him, and he made him come up unto him on his chariot. ³⁴ And he said unto him - The cities which my father took from thy father, will I restore, and, bazaars, shalt thou make thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. So then, I, with this covenant, will let thee go. So he solemnised with him a covenant, and let him go. ³⁵ And, a certain man of the sons of the prophets, said unto his neighbour, by the word of Yahweh - Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him. ³⁶ So he said to him - Because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh, lo! when thou art departing from me, there shall smite thee a lion. And when he departed from beside him, a lion found him, and smote him. ³⁷ Then found he another man, and said, - Smite me, I pray thee. So the man smote him - kept on smiting and wounding. ³⁸ Then the prophet departed, and waited for the king, by the way, - and disguised himself with his turban over his eyes. ³⁹ And so it was, when, the king, was passing, he, cried out unto the king, - and said - Thy servant, went out in the midst of the battle, and lo! a man, turned aside and brought unto me a man, and said - Keep this man, if he be, missing, then shall, thy life, go for, his life, or, a talent of silver, shalt thou weigh out. ⁴⁰ And so it was, as thy servant was busy here and there, that, he, was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him - Such, is thy judgment, thou thyself, hast decided it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ashes away: 1 Kings 20:38, 2 Samuel 13:19, Job 2:8, Jeremiah 6:26

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:10 - I only 1 Kings 22:8 - yet one man Proverbs 28:4 - but Amos 2:11 - I raised

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he hasted, and took away the ashes from his face,.... Took off the linen cloth from his eyes, unveiled or unmasked himself:

and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets; he knew him again, having seen him once or twice before; otherwise there could be nothing in his face that could discover him to be a prophet, rather he was to be known by his habit.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was of the prophets - Josephus and others conjecture that this prophet was Micaiah, the son of Imlah (but compare 1 Kings 20:13 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:41. Took the ashes away — He took the bandage from off his eyes: see on 1 Kings 20:38. It was no doubt of thin cloth, through which he could see, while it served for a sufficient disguise.