Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And Naboth said to Ahab, LORD forbid it of me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

New American Standard Bible

But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

King James Version

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Holman Bible

But Naboth said to Ahab, “I will never give my fathers’ inheritance to you.”

International Standard Version

But Naboth replied to Ahab, "No way! The LORD prohibits the sale to you of the inheritance of my ancestors!"

American Standard Version

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Amplified

But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.”

Bible in Basic English

But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

Darby Translation

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!

Julia Smith Translation

And Naboth will say to Ahab, Far be it to me from Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

King James 2000

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Naboth said to Ahab, "Far be it from me from Yahweh that I should give the inheritance of my ancestors to you."

Modern King James verseion

And Naboth said to Ahab, Far be it from me, by Jehovah, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid that from me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."

NET Bible

But Naboth replied to Ahab, "The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance."

New Heart English Bible

Naboth said to Ahab, "May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you."

The Emphasized Bible

And Naboth said unto Ahab, - Far be it from me, of Yahweh! that I should give up the inheritance of my fathers, unto thee!

Webster

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

World English Bible

Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

Youngs Literal Translation

And Naboth saith unto Ahab, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Naboth
נבות 
Nabowth 
Usage: 22

to Ahab
אחב אחאב 
'Ach'ab 
Usage: 93

The Lord

Usage: 0

חללה חלילה 
Chaliylah 
God forbid, far be it, be...far, Lord forbid,
Usage: 20

it me, that I should give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

References

Context Readings

The Vineyard Of Naboth The Jezreelite

2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it is near to my house. And I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it, or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee th 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, LORD forbid it of me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid himself down upon his bed, and tu


Cross References

Leviticus 25:23

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Numbers 36:7

So no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall remove from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall cling each one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Ezekiel 46:18

Moreover the ruler shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession. He shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered each man from his possession.

Genesis 44:7

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

Genesis 44:17

And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman, but as for you, get you up in peace to your father.

Joshua 22:29

Far be it from us that we should rebel against LORD, and turn away this day from following LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of LORD our God that is before his tabern

Joshua 24:16

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake LORD, to serve other gods.

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against LORD in ceasing to pray for you. But I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

1 Samuel 24:6

And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.

1 Samuel 26:9-11

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?

1 Chronicles 11:19

and said, My God forbid it of me, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These thin

Job 27:5

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Romans 3:4

May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.

Romans 3:6

May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?

Romans 3:31

Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

Romans 6:2

May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it?

Romans 6:15

What then? May we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? May it not happen!

Romans 7:7

What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.

Romans 7:13

Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen!

Galatians 6:14

But may it not be from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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