8The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel-slave or free.


In Context

5 When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. "I have a message for you, commander," he said. "For which of us?" asked Jehu. "For you, commander," he replied.

6 Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil on Jehu's head and declared, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: 'I anoint you king over the Lord 's people Israel.

7 You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the Lord 's servants shed by Jezebel.

8 The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel-slave or free.

9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.

10 As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.' " Then he opened the door and ran.

2nd Kings 9:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the well, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: