1 Kings 21:4

1 Kings chapter 21 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.3And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

v.4This passage

v.5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

Cross references

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

  • Genesis 4:5

    but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • 1 Kings 20:43

    And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

  • 1 Kings 21:3

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

  • Ephesians 4:27

    neither give place to the devil.

  • Isaiah 57:20

    But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.