21|He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' |He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'


In Context

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

19 Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

20 A spirit came out, stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice him.' |Yahweh said to him, 'How?'

21 |He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' |He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'

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

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, |Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?|

2 Chronicles 18:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And [the LORD] said, Thou shalt entice [him,] and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even] so.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:21" 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. " 'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the Lord . 'Go and do it.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:21And he answered: I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive, and shalt prevail: go out, and do so.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out and do even so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him, and you shall also prevail: go out, and do even so.