Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.”

King James Version

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

Holman Bible

He who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat,
and he who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.’”

International Standard Version

Dogs will eat whoever belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city. The birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the fields.'"

A Conservative Version

He who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat, and he who dies in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.

American Standard Version

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.

Amplified

The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city, and the birds of the air will eat anyone who dies in the field.”

Bible in Basic English

Any man of the family of Ahab who comes to his death in the town will become food for the dogs; and he who comes to his death in the open country will be food for the birds of the air.

Darby Translation

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.

Julia Smith Translation

Him dying to Ahab in the city shall dogs eat; and him dying in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat

King James 2000

He that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and he that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The one who dies for Ahab in the city, the dogs will eat; the one who dies in the open country, the birds of heaven will eat."

Modern King James verseion

He who dies of Ahab in the city, the dogs shall eat. And he who dies in the field, the birds of the air shall eat.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he that dieth of Ahab in the town, him shall dogs eat: and he that dieth in the fields, him shall the fowls of the air eat."

NET Bible

As for Ahab's family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."

New Heart English Bible

The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

The Emphasized Bible

Him that dieth, of Ahab, in the city, shall, the dogs, eat, - and, him that dieth in the field, shall, the birds of heaven, eat.

Webster

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

World English Bible

The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

Youngs Literal Translation

him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

of Ahab
אחב אחאב 
'Ach'ab 
Usage: 93

in the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

the dogs
כּלב 
Keleb 
dog
Usage: 32

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and him that dieth
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

in the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

shall the fowls
עוף 
`owph 
Usage: 71

of the air
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Elijah Responds To Ahab

23 Of Jezebel also has the Lord spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.’ 24 The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.” 25 Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:11

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat; for the Lord has spoken it.”’

1 Kings 16:4

Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat.”

Isaiah 14:19

“But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.

Jeremiah 15:3

I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Ezekiel 32:4-5

“I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you on the open field.
And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you,
And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.

Ezekiel 39:18-20

You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Revelation 19:18

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”

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