1 Samuel 22:16

In 11 translations

BSB

But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

KJV

And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

WEB

The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”

ASV

And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

LSV

And the king says, “You surely die, Ahimelech, you and all the house of your father.”

YLT

And the king saith, 'Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'

DBY

And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

DRC

And the king said: Dying thou shalt die, Achimelech, thou and all thy father’s house.

GNV

Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

JPS

And the king said: 'Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.'

LXXE

And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל־בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαοὺλ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ Ἀβιμέλεχ σὺ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρός σου.

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• Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Daniel 2:12This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
• Acts 12:19After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
• Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
• Daniel 3:19–20At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual, and he commanded some…
• Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
• 1 Samuel 20:31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
• 1 Samuel 14:44And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
• 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
• 1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
• Deuteronomy 24:16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

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