11The king of Israel answered, |Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'|


In Context

8 All the elders and all the people said to him, |Don't listen, neither consent.|

9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, |Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.'| The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, |The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.|

11 The king of Israel answered, |Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'|

12 It happened, when Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, |Prepare to attack!| They prepared to attack the city.

13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'|

1 Kings 20:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:11The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him,] Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing his armour.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.