37The prophet found another man and said, "Strike me, please." So the man struck him and wounded him.


In Context

34 "I will return the cities my father took from your father," Ben-Hadad offered. "You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Ahab said, "On the basis of a treaty I will set you free." So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.

35 By the word of the Lord one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, "Strike me with your weapon," but the man refused.

36 So the prophet said, "Because you have not obeyed the Lord , as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you." And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.

37 The prophet found another man and said, "Strike me, please." So the man struck him and wounded him.

38 Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes.

39 As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, "Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with a captive and said, 'Guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver.'

1st Kings 20:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded [him. ]

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him violently, and wounded him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, |Please strike me.| The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:37And he findeth another man, and saith, 'Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray you. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.