1 Kings 20:37 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁷ Then he found another man and said, “Strike me!” So the man hit him, striking and wounding him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Then [the prophet] found another man and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking, he wounded him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Then the prophet found another man and said, “Please strike me.” He hit the prophet, and the attack left a wound.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ But upon finding another man, he said to him, "Strike me." And he struck him, and wounded him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.

1 Kings 20:37 Cross References

1 Kings 20:35

At the command of the Lord a certain member of a company of prophets said to another, “Strike me!” But the man refused to strike him.

1 Kings 20:36

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.

1 Kings 20:38

Then the prophet departed and waited for the king along the road, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Exodus 21:12

“Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.