20Ahab said to Elijah, |Have you found me, my enemy?| He answered, |I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.


In Context

17 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

18 |Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

19 You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, |Have you killed and also taken possession?|' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, |In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.|'|

20 Ahab said to Elijah, |Have you found me, my enemy?| He answered, |I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.|

1 Kings 21:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:20Ahab said to Elijah, "So you have found me, my enemy!" "I have found you," he answered, "because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord .

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee:] because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee, because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found — because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.