1 Kings 22:16

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And the king said unto him, How many times must, I, adjure thee, - that thou speak unto me nothing but truth, in the name of Yahweh?

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

New Living Translation
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 ?"

English Revised 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 the LORD?

New Century Version
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 ?"

New English Translation
The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?"

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

World English Bible
The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

Amplified Bible
But the king [doubted him and] said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

English Standard Version
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 ?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the kyng seide to hym, Eft and eft Y coniure thee, that thou speke not to me, not but that that is soth in the name of the Lord.

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?"

Contemporary English Version
"Micaiah, I've told you over and over to tell me the truth!" Ahab shouted. "What does the Lord really say?"

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?

Bible in Basic English
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?

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to him, "How many times do I have to warn you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Adonai ?"

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?

Easy-to-Read Version
But Ahab answered, "How many times do I have to tell you? Tell me the truth. What does the Lord say?"

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 the LORD?'

King James Version (1611)
And the king said vnto him, How many times shall I adiure thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the Name of the Lord ?

New Life Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I tell you to speak nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?"

New Revised Standard
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 ?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

Good News Translation
But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the Lord , tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
But the king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto him: So and so many times do I charge thee that thou tell me nothing but that whiche is true, in the name of the Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?

Christian 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?”

Hebrew Names Version
The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

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 ?

Lexham English Bible
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?"

Literal Translation
And the king said to him, How many times have I adjured you that you shall speak nothing to me but truth in the name of Jehovah?

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?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne: I charge ye that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth, in the name of ye LORDE.

THE MESSAGE
"Not so fast," said the king. "How many times have I made you promise under oath to tell me the truth and nothing but the truth?"

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

New King James Version
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?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ So he came unto the king, and the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said unto him - Go up and prosper, and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king. ¹⁶ And the king said unto him, How many times must, I, adjure thee, - that thou speak unto me nothing but truth, in the name of Yahweh? ¹⁷ And he said - I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd, - so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace. ¹⁸ Then said the king of Israel, unto Jehoshaphat, - Did I not say unto thee, He will not be moved to prophesy concerning me anything good, only calamity. ¹⁹ Then he said, Therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, - I saw Yahweh, sitting upon his throne, and all the host of the heavens, standing by him, on his right hand, and on his left. ²⁰ And Yahweh said, Who will persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall, at Ramoth-gilead? And, one, said in this manner, and, another, said in that manner. ²¹ Then came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said - I, will persuade him. ²² And Yahweh said unto him - Wherewith? And he said - I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets, - So he said, - Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so. ²³ Now, therefore, lo! Yahweh hath suffered a spirit of falsehood to be put into the mouth of all these thy prophets. But, Yahweh himself, hath spoken concerning thee, calamity. ²⁴ Then drew near Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, - and said - Where then passed the Spirit of Yahweh, from me, to speak unto thee?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall I adjure: Joshua 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:24, 2 Chronicles 18:15, Matthew 26:63, Mark 5:7, Acts 19:13

that thou tell: Jeremiah 42:3-6, Matthew 22:16, Matthew 22:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:1 - hear 1 Samuel 3:17 - God 1 Samuel 15:16 - Stay Jeremiah 37:17 - Is there Jeremiah 38:14 - I will Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh, - as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.

Psalms 105:9
Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

Isaiah 45:23
By myself, have I sworn, Gone forth out of my mouth, is righteousness as a decree And shall not turn back, - That, unto myself, Shall bow every knee, Shall swear every tongue:

Jeremiah 49:13
or by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah shall become, an astonishment: a reproach and a desolation, and a contempt, - And all her cities shall become age-abiding desolations.

Jeremiah 51:14
Yahweh of hosts hath sworn, by his own soul: Surely I have filled thee with men as with locusts, And they have answered against thee with a shout.

Amos 6:8
Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate, - therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.

Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto him, how many times shall I adjure thee,.... Not that he had as yet adjured him at all, or not till now; but he asks him how often he must be obliged to do it; and now he adjures him once for all, that he might not be forced to repeat it:

that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord? for he observed he did not speak in the name of the Lord before, and what he said was not in a serious but ludicrous manner, and not to be regarded as truth.