1 Kings 21 · Verse 29

1 Kings 21:29

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
1 Kings 21:29, King James Version

1 Kings 21:29 in other translations

BSB“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
WEB“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
ASVSeest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s day will I bring the evil upon his house.
YLT‘Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.'
DARBYSeest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
BBEDo you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.
WebsterSeest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

What does 1 Kings 21:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 21:27-29

27-29. Ahab ... rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly--He was not obdurate, like Jezebel. This terrible announcement made a deep impression on the king's heart, and led, for a while, to sincere repentance. Going softly, that is, barefoot, and with a pensive manner, within doors. He manifested all the external signs, conventional and natural, of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself - He did abase himself; he did truly repent him of his sins, and it was such a repentance as was genuine in the sight of God: He humbleth himself Before Me. The penitent heart ever meets the merciful eye of God; repentance is highly esteemed by the Father of compassion, even where it is comparatively shallow and short-lived. Any measure of godly sorrow has a proportionate measure of God's regard; where it is deep and lasting, the heart of God is set upon it. He that mourns shall be comforted; thus hath God spoken, and though repentance for our past sins can purchase no favor, yet without it God will not grant us his salvation.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 21:17-29

Blessed Paul complains that he was sold under sin, Ro 7:14, as a poor captive against his will; but Ahab was willing, he sold himself to sin; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he loved the dominion of sin. Jezebel his wife stirred him up to do wickedly. Ahab is reproved, and his sin set before his eyes, by Elijah. That man's condition is very miserable, who has made the word of God his enemy; and very…

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1 Kings 21:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.ta¿ have you seenH7200
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
נִכְנַ֥עnikh.Na'he has humbled himselfH3665
אַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
מִלְּפָנָ֑יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440
יַ֜עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
נִכְנַ֣עnikh.Na'he has humbled himselfH3665
מִפָּנַ֗יmi.pa.Naifrom before meH6440
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אָבִ֤יא'a.vi'I will bringH935
הָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'Ah<the> evilH7451
בְּיָמָ֔יוbe.ya.Mavin days hisH3117
בִּימֵ֣יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117
בְנ֔וֹve.Noson hisH1121
אָבִ֥יא'a.Vi'I will bringH935
הָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'Ah<the> evilH7451
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בֵּיתֽוֹ\׃bei.Tohouse hisH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 21:29

  • 2 Peter 3:9

    The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

  • Micah 7:18

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

  • 2 Kings 9:25-26

    Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him; Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

  • Psalms 86:15

    But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

  • 2 Kings 9:33-10:7

    And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter. And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: …

  • Psalms 18:44

    As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

  • 2 Kings 10:11

    So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

  • Ezekiel 33:10-11

    Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  • Jeremiah 7:17

    Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • Romans 2:4

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • Psalms 78:34-37

    When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

  • Psalms 66:3

    Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Seest thou.
Jer 7:17; Lu 7:44
Ahab.
Ex 10:3; Ps 18:44; 66:3; 78:34-37
I will not.
Ps 86:15; Eze 33:10,11; Mic 7:18; Ro 2:4; 2Pe 3:9
the evil in.
21-23
in his son's days.
2Ki 9:25,26,33-37; 10:1-7,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 21:28

    And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kings 21:29

    Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.

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1 Kings 21:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿No has visto como Achâb se ha humillado delante de mí? Pues por cuanto se ha humillado delante de mí, no traeré el mal en sus días: en los días de su hijo traeré el mal sobre su casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vois-tu comment Achab s’est humilié devant moi? Parce qu’il s’est humilié devant moi, je ne ferai pas venir le mal en ses jours; mais dans les jours de son fils, je ferai venir le mal sur sa maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hast du gesehen, daß Ahab sich vor mir gedemütigt hat? Weil er sich vor mir gedemütigt hat, will ich das Unglück in seinen Tagen nicht bringen; in den Tagen seines Sohnes will ich das Unglück über sein Haus bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nonne vidisti humiliatum Achab coram me? quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa, non inducam malum in diebus ejus, sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui ejus.