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


In Context

8 The elders and the people all answered, "Don't listen to him or agree to his demands."

9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, 'Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.' " They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.

10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful."

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

12 Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he ordered his men: "Prepare to attack." So they prepared to attack the city.

13 Meanwhile a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, "This is what the Lord says: 'Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the Lord .' "

1st Kings 20:11 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.

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.