1 Kings 20:38 - Easy To Read Version

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.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent {messengers} to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on clothes of sadness. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone that died.

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go to Shiloh. Go see the prophet Ahijah. Ahijah is the man that said that I would become king of Israel. Dress yourself so people won’t know that you are my wife.

1 Kings 20:37

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

1 Kings 20:41

Then the prophet took the cloth from his face. The king of Israel saw him and knew that he was one of the prophets.

1 Kings 22:30

Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “We will prepare for the fight. I will wear clothes that make me look like I am not the king. But you wear your special clothes that show you are a king.” So the king of Israel began the battle dressed like a person that was not a king.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, {\cf2\super [78]} don’t make yourselves look sad. The hypocrites {\cf2\super [79]} do that. Don’t be like the hypocrites. They make their faces look strange to show people that they are fasting. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward.