9Therefore 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.


In Context

6 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.|'|

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, |Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.|

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.'|

1 Kings 20:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, 'Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.' " They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to me thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9Wherefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first, I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, 'Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;' and the messengers go and take him back word.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Why he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.