1 Kings 20:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ Then the prophet departed and waited for the king along the road, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ So the prophet departed and waited for King Ahab by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

Common English Bible

³⁸ The prophet went and stood before the king by the road. He disguised himself by putting a bandage over his eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ Then the prophet departed. And he met the king along the way, and he changed his appearance by sprinkling dust around his mouth and eyes.

1 Kings 20:38 Cross References

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself so that it will not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh, for the prophet Ahijah is there, who said of me that I should be king over this people.

Matthew 6:16

“And whenever you fast, do not look somber, like the hypocrites, for they mark their faces to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

1 Kings 22:30

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

2 Samuel 14:2

Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

1 Kings 20:37

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

1 Kings 20:41

Then he quickly took the bandage away from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.