Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. And I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
New American Standard Bible
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and
King James Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
Holman Bible
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males,
International Standard Version
The entire household of Ahab will die, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person in Israel, whether imprisoned or surviving.
American Standard Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
Amplified
For the entire house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free, in Israel.
Bible in Basic English
For the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.
Darby Translation
And the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And all the house of Ahab shall perish: and I out off to Ahab him pissing against the wall, and him shut up and left in Israel.
King James 2000
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free that is left in Israel:
Lexham Expanded Bible
All of the house of Ahab will perish, and I shall cut off {all males} from Ahab, both bond and free.
Modern King James verseion
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. And I will cut off from Ahab everyone that urinates against the wall, both bound and free.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the whole house of Ahab shall be destroyed; and I will destroy unto Ahab what pisseth against the wall, and so much as the prisoned or that which is forsaken in Israel,
NET Bible
Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
New Heart English Bible
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
so shall perish all the house of Ahab, - and I will cut off to Ahab the meanest, both him that is shut up and him that is left at large, in Israel.
Webster
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
World English Bible
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
Themes
Ahab » King of israel » Prophecies against
Enthusiasm » Instances of » Jehu
Jehu » Son of nimshi, king of israel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 9:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehu Anointed Prophetically To Rule In Place Of Joram Of Israel
7 And thou shall smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. And I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:36
For LORD will judge his people, and regrets for his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, and there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
1 Samuel 25:22
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertains to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
2 Kings 14:26
For LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter, for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
2 Kings 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he smote all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.
1 Kings 14:10-11
therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam as a man sw
1 Kings 21:21-22
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel.