Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you shall not tell me [anything] but truth in the name of Yahweh?"

New American Standard Bible

Then the king said to him, “How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

King James Version

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

Holman Bible

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

International Standard Version

When he heard this, the king asked him, "How many times do I have to make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth? Now do it in the name of the LORD!"

A Conservative Version

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of LORD?

American Standard Version

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

Amplified

But the king [doubted him and] said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

Bible in Basic English

Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

Darby Translation

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will say to him, Till how many times do I cause thee to swear that thou wilt not speak to me only truth in the name of Jehovah?

King James 2000

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

Modern King James verseion

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but what is true, in the name of Jehovah?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king said unto him, "How often shall I adjure thee, that thou tell me nothing but truth, in the name of the LORD?"

NET Bible

The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?"

New Heart English Bible

The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

The Emphasized Bible

And the king said unto him, How many times must, I, adjure thee, - that thou speak unto me nothing but truth, in the name of Yahweh?

Webster

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

World English Bible

The king said to him, "How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

פּעמה פּעם 
Pa`am 
Usage: 118

שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

thee that thou tell
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

in the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

Context Readings

Jehoshaphat Of Judah Allies With Ahab Of Israel

15 When he came to the king, the king asked him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to the battle, or shall we refrain?" He said to him, "Go up and triumph, and Yahweh will give [it] into the hand of the king." 16 Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you shall not tell me [anything] but truth in the name of Yahweh?" 17 So he said, "I saw all of Israel scattering to the mountains, like the sheep without a shepherd. Yahweh also said, 'There are no masters for these, let them return in peace, each to his house.'"



Cross References

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua swore at that time, saying, "Cursed [is] anyone before Yahweh who gets up and builds Jericho, this city. At the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."

1 Samuel 14:24

Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats [any] food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted [any] food.

2 Chronicles 18:15

But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak nothing except the truth in the name of Yahweh?"

Jeremiah 42:3-6

And let Yahweh your God inform us the way in which we should go and the thing that we should do."

Matthew 22:16-17

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Mark 5:7

And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!"

Acts 19:13

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

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