16The king said to him, |How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?|


In Context

13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, |See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.|

14 Micaiah said, |As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.|

15 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, |Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?| He answered him, |Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.|

16 The king said to him, |How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?|

17 He said, |I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.'|

18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, |Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?|

1 Kings 22:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:16The king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?