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?'


In Context

13 And the messenger who hath gone to call Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, 'Lo, I pray thee, the words of the prophets, with one mouth, are good towards the king; let it be, I pray thee, thy word as the word of one of them — and thou hast spoken good.'

14 And Micaiah saith, 'Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me — it I speak.'

15 And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, 'Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?' and he saith unto him, 'Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.'

16 And 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?'

17 And 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.'

18 And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16The 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?|

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?