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2 Chronicles 18:26

What does 2 Chronicles 18:26 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 18:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this <FI>one<Fi> in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in prison, and give him bread and water in a small quantity till I return in peace.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and ye shall say, Thus says the king: Put this [man] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

Context

v.25And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

v.26This passage

v.27And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 102:9

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

  • Acts 5:18

    and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Isaiah 30:20

    And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;

  • Psalms 10:5

    His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:15

    And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

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