21A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.'


In Context

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.

20 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said one thing; and another said another.

21 A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.'

22 Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'

23 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.|

1 Kings 22:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:21Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, 'I will entice him.'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I — I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.