1 Kings 18:9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
1 Kings 18:9 in other translations
| BSB | But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death? |
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| WEB | He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? |
| ASV | And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? |
| YLT | And he saith, ‘What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab--to put me to death? |
| DARBY | And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death? |
| BBE | And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death? |
| Webster | And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me? |
What does 1 Kings 18:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:7-16
7-16. Obadiah was in the way ... Elijah met him--Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into Ahab's presence, the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to Ahab. The commission, with a delicate allusion to the perils he had already encountered in securing others of God's servants, was, in very touching terms, declined, as unkind and peculiarly hazardous. But Elijah having dispelled all…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:1-16
The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying Spirit of God, can purge away its pollution. The priests and the Levites were gone to Judah and Jerusalem, 2Ch 11:13, 14, but instead of them God raised up prophets, who read and expounded the word. They probably were from…
1 Kings 18:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 18:9
- Exodus 5:21
And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
- 1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
- 1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
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Context
- 1 Kings 18:8
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
- 1 Kings 18:9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
- 1 Kings 18:10
As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
1 Kings 18:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pero él dijo: ¿En qué he pecado, para que tú entregues tu siervo en mano de Achâb para que me mate? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: Quel péché ai-je commis, que tu livres ton serviteur en la main d’Achab, pour me faire mourir? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach: Was habe ich gesündigt, daß du deinen Knecht in die Hand Ahabs geben willst, daß er mich töte? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ille: Quid peccavi, inquit, quoniam tradis me servum tuum in manu Achab, ut interficiat me? |