11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.


In Context

8 And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.

9 Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to me thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do.

10 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

11 And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.

12 And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the city. And they beset it.

13 And behold a prophet coming to Achab king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude, behold I will deliver them into thy hand this day: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord.

1 Kings 20:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:11The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him,] Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11The king of Israel answered, |Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing his armour.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.