Meanwhile the messenger that went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly declaring favor to the king. So please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”
Proverbs 27:14 - Tree of Life Version If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes]. American Standard Version (1901) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. Common English Bible Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be viewed as a curse. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. |
Meanwhile the messenger that went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly declaring favor to the king. So please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”
So the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about 400 men, and asked them: “Should I march against Ramot-gilead to battle or should I refrain?” They responded, “Go up, for my Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—