1 Kings 21:19 “Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man…”

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’ ”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

World English Bible

You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”

American Standard Version

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore shalt thou say vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also gotten possession? And thou shalt speake vnto him, saying, Thus sayth the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs licke euen thy blood also.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

Bible in Basic English

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

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Cross references

“Hast thou killed”

2 Samuel 12:9 Genesis 3:11 Micah 3:1–4 Habakkuk 2:9 Habakkuk 2:12 Genesis 4:9

2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB

Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Genesis 3:11 · BSB

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Micah 3:1–4 · BSB

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Habakkuk 2:9 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Habakkuk 2:12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Genesis 4:9 · BSB

And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

“In the place”

1 Kings 22:38 Judges 1:7 2 Samuel 12:11 Esther 7:10 Psalm 9:16 Matthew 7:2

1 Kings 22:38 · BSB

And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

Judges 1:7 · BSB

Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

Esther 7:10 · BSB

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Psalm 9:16 · BSB

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.

20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

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