1 Kings 22:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The messenger who went to call Micaiah said to him, Behold now, the prophets unanimously declare good to the king. Let your answer, I pray you, be like theirs, and say what is good.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.

Common English Bible

¹³ Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen, the prophets all agree that the king will succeed. You should say the same thing they say and prophesy success.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then truly, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying: "Behold, the words of the prophets, as if with one mouth, are predicting good to the king. Therefore, let your word be like theirs, and speak what is good."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And the messenger, that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold, the words of the prophets with one month declare good things to the king. Let thy word therefore be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.

1 Kings 22:13 Cross References

1 Kings 22:12

All the prophets were prophesying the same and saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

Psalm 10:11

They think in their heart, “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 50:21

These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one just like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

Hosea 7:3

By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the officials by their treachery.

Micah 2:11

If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” such a one would be the preacher for this people!