Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much:

New American Standard Bible

Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

King James Version

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

Holman Bible

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

International Standard Version

Then Jehu assembled all the people and announced to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot!

A Conservative Version

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

American Standard Version

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Amplified

Jehu assembled all the people and said [in pretense] to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much [more].

Bible in Basic English

Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

Darby Translation

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little: Jehu will serve him much.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehu will gather together all the people, and say to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

King James 2000

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Jehu assembled all of the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will worship him greatly.

Modern King James verseion

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

After that, Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little: but Jehu shall serve him a good.

NET Bible

Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.

New Heart English Bible

Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

The Emphasized Bible

Then Jehu gathered together all the people, and said unto them, - Ahab, served Baal, a little, - Jehu, will serve him, much.

Webster

And Jehu convened all the people, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

World English Bible

Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יהוּא 
Yehuw' 
Usage: 58

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

all the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

and said

Usage: 0

אחב אחאב 
'Ach'ab 
Usage: 93

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 81

a little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

but Jehu
יהוּא 
Yehuw' 
Usage: 58

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Jehu Purges The Baal Worshipers

17 And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha. 18 And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much: 19 and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done it in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31-32

And it cometh to pass -- hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? -- then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

1 Kings 18:19

and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.'

1 Kings 18:22

And Elijah saith unto the people, 'I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men;

1 Kings 18:40

And Elijah saith to them, 'Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

2 Kings 3:2

and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

Job 13:7

For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

Romans 3:8

and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- 'We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

Philippians 4:8

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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