So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ’
1 Kings 20:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ben-hadad sent to him and said, May the gods do so to me, and more also, if the rubbish of Samaria shall be enough for each one of all the people who are at my feet and follow me to get a handful. American Standard Version (1901) And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. Common English Bible who sent back this reply: “May the gods do whatever they want to me if there is even a handful of dust left in Samaria for the armies under me!” Catholic Public Domain Version And returning, the messengers took this to him, and he sent again and said, "May the gods do these things to me, and may they add these other things, if the dust of Samaria is enough to fill the hands of all the people who follow me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. |
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ’
Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord: ‘May God punish me and do so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.
So he said to Ben-hadad’s messengers, ‘Say to my lord the king, “Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.” ’ So the messengers left and took word back to him.
How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
He announced, ‘May God punish me and do so severely if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.’
All these officials of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying: Get out, you and all the people who follow you. After that, I will get out.’ And he went out from Pharaoh’s presence fiercely angry.
There they will cry out, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he let the opportune moment pass.’
‘ “This is what the Lord says: The wise person should not boast in his wisdom; the strong should not boast in his strength; the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.
When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
He said to David, ‘Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ’ Then he cursed David by his gods.