2 Chronicles 18:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ until a certain spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Then there came a spirit and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith?

Common English Bible

²⁰ until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ ‘How?’ the LORD asked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ there came forward a spirit, and he stood before the Lord and said, 'I will deceive him.' And the Lord said to him, 'In what way will you deceive him?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ There came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means wilt thou deceive him?

2 Chronicles 18:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:19

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice King Ahab of Israel, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ Then one said one thing, and another said another,

Job 1:6

One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and the accuser also came among them.

Job 2:1

One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and the accuser also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,