1 Kings 20:37 - Easy To Read Version

³⁷ The first prophet went to another man and said, “Hit me!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Then [the prophet] found another man and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking, he wounded him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Then the prophet found another man and said, “Please strike me.” He hit the prophet, and the attack left a wound.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ But upon finding another man, he said to him, "Strike me." And he struck him, and wounded him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.

1 Kings 20:37 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:35

One of the prophets told another prophet, “Hit me!” He said that because the Lord had commanded it. But the other prophet refused to hit him.

1 Kings 20:36

So the first prophet said, “You did not obey the Lord’s command. So a lion will kill you when you leave this place.” The second prophet left that place and a lion killed him.

1 Kings 20:38

So the prophet wrapped his face with a cloth. This way, no person could see who he was. The prophet went and waited for the king by the road.

Exodus 21:12

“If a person hits someone and kills him, then that person must be killed too.