Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

New American Standard Bible

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

King James Version

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Holman Bible

In the letters, she wrote:

Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

International Standard Version

In the memos, she wrote the following directives: "Proclaim a public fast and seat Naboth in the front row.

A Conservative Version

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

American Standard Version

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Amplified

Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Bible in Basic English

And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

Darby Translation

And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

Julia Smith Translation

And she will write in the letters, Saying, Call a fast; set Naboth in the head of the people:

King James 2000

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Lexham Expanded Bible

She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Modern King James verseion

And she wrote in the letter, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And she wrote in the letter, saying, "Proclaim fasting and set Naboth on high among the people,

NET Bible

This is what she wrote: "Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

New Heart English Bible

She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

The Emphasized Bible

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, - Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people;

Webster

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

World English Bible

She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּתב 
Kathab 
Usage: 223

in the letters
ספרה ספר 
Cepher 
Usage: 186

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

a fast
צם צום 
Tsowm 
Usage: 26

and set
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

נבות 
Nabowth 
Usage: 22

on high
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

The Vineyard Of Naboth The Jezreelite

8 And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth, 9 and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'

Cross References

Genesis 34:13-17

And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

Isaiah 58:4

Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to -day, To sound in the high place your voice.

Matthew 2:8

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

Matthew 23:13

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

Luke 20:47

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

John 18:28

They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

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