Parallel Verses

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."

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.

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 Moreover, concerning Jezebel, Yahweh has said, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the outer rampart of Jezreel.' 24 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." 25 Truly, there was no one like Ahab who had sold himself by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh, whose wife Jezebel urged him on.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:11

He who dies for Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will eat. He who dies in the open field, the birds from the heavens will eat, for Yahweh has spoken [it]." '

1 Kings 16:4

Those who die for Baasha in the city, the dogs will eat; those who die for him in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat."

Isaiah 14:19

But [as for] you, you are thrown away from your grave, like an abhorrent shoot, clothed with [the] slain, those pierced [by the] sword, those who go down to [the] stones of [the] pit, like a corpse that is trodden down.

Jeremiah 15:3

"And I will summon over them four types of calamity," {declares} Yahweh, "the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth to devour and to destroy.

Ezekiel 32:4-5

And I will throw you on the ground; on the surface of the open field I will hurl you, and I will cause every bird of the heaven to dwell on you, and I will satisfy the animals of all of the world from you.

Ezekiel 39:18-20

Flesh of warriors you will eat, and the blood of leaders of the land you will drink; rams, young rams and goats, bulls, [and] the fattened animals of Bashan--all of them!

Revelation 19:18

in order that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of military tribunes, and the flesh of the powerful, and the flesh of horses and those seated on them, and the flesh of all [people], both free and slave, and small and great!"

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