40While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared." "That is your sentence," the king of Israel said. "You have pronounced it yourself."


In Context

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.'

40 While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared." "That is your sentence," the king of Israel said. "You have pronounced it yourself."

41 Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

42 He said to the king, "This is what the Lord says: 'You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.' "

1st Kings 20:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So [shall] thy judgment [be;] thyself hast decided [it. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:40And whilst I in a hurry turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So is thy judgment: thyself hast decided it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:40As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.| The king of Israel said to him, |So your judgment shall be; yourself have decided it.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:40and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!' and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right is thy judgment; thou hast determined it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:40And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.