Parallel Verses
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,
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.
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.
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.
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 that thou slay the household of Ahab thy master. For I,' sayeth the LORD, 'will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, of the hand of Jezebel - 8 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, 9 and will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:36
"For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken.
1 Samuel 25:22
God do this and yet more unto the enemies of David, if until tomorrow in the morning I leave this man, of all that he hath, so much as one that pisseth against the wall."
2 Kings 14:26
For the LORD had seen how that the affliction of Israel was exceeding bitter, in so much that the prisoned and the forsaken were at an end. And there was no helper unto Israel.
2 Kings 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped him out, according to the saying of the LORD which he spake to Elijah.
1 Kings 14:10-11
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will strike from Jeroboam all that pisseth against the wall, and whatsoever is in prison or forsaken in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as men take away a dung hill, till it be consumed.
1 Kings 21:21-22
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will make clean riddance of thee, and will destroy unto Ahab all that pisseth against the wall, and if ought be prisoned or forsaken in Israel: