1 Kings 20:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴⁰ And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgement be; thyself hast decided it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ But while your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Such is your own verdict; you yourself have decided it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Your servant got busy doing this and that, and the prisoner disappeared.” Israel’s king replied, “It appears you have decided your own fate.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And while I was distracted, turning one way and another, suddenly, he was not to be seen." And the king of Israel said to him, "This is your judgment, that which you yourself have decreed."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And whilst I in a hurry turned this way and that on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.

1 Kings 20:40 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Samuel 14:13

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one which is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

1 Kings 20:39

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

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.

Job 15:6

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Luke 19:22

He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow;