1 Kings 21:5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
1 Kings 21:5 in other translations
| BSB | Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?” |
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| WEB | But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?” |
| ASV | But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? |
| YLT | And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, ‘What is this? --thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!' |
| DARBY | And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread? |
| BBE | But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food? |
| Webster | But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? |
What does 1 Kings 21:5 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 21:5-16
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
1 Kings 21:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 21:5
- 1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
- 2 Samuel 13:4
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
- Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Esther 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
- 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- Nehemiah 2:2
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
- 1 Kings 18:4
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 21:25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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Context
- 1 Kings 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- 1 Kings 21:5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
- 1 Kings 21:6
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
1 Kings 21:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino á él su mujer Jezabel, y díjole: ¿Por qué está tan triste tu espíritu, y no comes pan? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jézabel, sa femme, vint vers lui et lui dit: Pourquoi donc ton esprit est-il triste et ne manges-tu pas du pain? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Isebel, sein Weib, kam zu ihm hinein und sprach zu ihm: Warum ist doch dein Geist mißmutig, und warum issest du nichts? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ingressa est autem ad eum Jezabel uxor sua, dixitque ei: Quid est hoc, unde anima tua contristata est? et quare non comedis panem? |