16The king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"


In Context

13 The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, "Look, as one man the other prophets are predicting success for the king. Let your word agree with theirs, and speak favorably."

14 But Micaiah said, "As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me."

15 When he arrived, the king asked him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?" "Attack and be victorious," he answered, "for the Lord will give it into the king's hand."

16 The king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"

17 Then Micaiah answered, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.' "

18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?"

1st Kings 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16The king said to him, |How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?