6It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, |Come in, you wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.


In Context

3 Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.|

4 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

5 Yahweh said to Ahijah, |Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.|

6 It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, |Come in, you wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: |Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

8 and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

1 Kings 14:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was [so,] when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavy [tidings. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:6Ahias heard the sound of her feet coming in at the door, and said: Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou to be another? But I am sent to thee with a hard message.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And it cometh to pass, at Ahijah's hearing the sound of her feet as she came in to the opening, that he saith, 'Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why is this — thou art making thyself strange? and I am sent unto thee with a sharp thing:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy tidings.