Parallel Verses

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?'

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?

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?"

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?"

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 And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, 'Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?' and he saith unto him, 'Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.' 16 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?' 17 And he saith, 'I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.'



Cross References

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua adjureth them at that time, saying, 'Cursed is the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, even Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;'

1 Samuel 14:24

And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;' and none of the people hath tasted food.

2 Chronicles 18:15

And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

Jeremiah 42:3-6

and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'

Matthew 22:16-17

and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

Matthew 26:63

and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, 'I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'

Mark 5:7

and having called with a loud voice, he said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

Acts 19:13

And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon them to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, 'We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;'

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