Devine Scripture

1 Kings 21:3

1 Kings chapter 21 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Context

v.2And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

v.3This passage

v.4And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 27:5

    Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

  • Ezekiel 46:18

    Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

  • Romans 6:2

    God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

  • Leviticus 25:23

    And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

  • Romans 7:13

    Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

  • 1 Samuel 24:6

    And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed.