1 Kings 20:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.

1 Kings 20:38 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam: and get thee to Shiloh; behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.

1 Kings 20:37

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

1 Kings 20:41

And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

1 Kings 22:30

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

Matthew 6:16

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.