42He said to him, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'|


In Context

39 As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, |Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, 'Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'

40 As 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.|

41 He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.

42 He said to him, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'|

43 The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

1 Kings 20:42 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:42He 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.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had devoted to destruction, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:42and he saith unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of thy hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:42And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.