1 Kings 20:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴² Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life and your people for his people.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² And he said to the king, Thus says the Lord: Because you have let go out of your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

Common English Bible

⁴² Then the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: Because you freed a man I condemned to die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And he said to him: "Thus says the Lord: Because you have released from your hand a man worthy of death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people will take the place of his people."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

1 Kings 20:42 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul;

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the towns that my father took from your father, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” The king of Israel responded, “I will let you go on those terms.” So he made a treaty with him and let him go.

1 Kings 20:39

As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the thick of the battle; then a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if he is missing, your life shall be given for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

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.

2 Kings 6:24

Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.

2 Kings 8:12

Hazael asked, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set their fortresses on fire; you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women.”

Leviticus 27:29

No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death.

1 Samuel 28:18

Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you today.