17He 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.'|


In Context

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?|

19 Micaiah said, |Therefore hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

1 Kings 22:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Then Micaiah answered, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17And he saith, 'I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:17And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.