1 Kings 20:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁶ Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, as soon as you have left me, a lion will kill you.” And when he had left him, a lion met him and killed him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have left me a lion will slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

Common English Bible

³⁶ So he said to his friend, “Because you didn’t obey the LORD’s voice, a lion will attack you as soon as you leave me.” And as the friend left the prophet, a lion found him and attacked him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And he said to him: "Because you were not willing to heed the voice of the Lord, behold, you will depart from me, and a lion will slay you. And when he had departed a short distance from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the Lord, behold, thou shalt depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee. And when he was gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

1 Kings 20:36 Cross References

1 Kings 13:26

When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him according to the word that the Lord spoke to him.”

1 Kings 20:37

Then he found another man and said, “Strike me!” So the man hit him, striking and wounding him.