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1 Kings 22:21
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KJ21
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will persuade him.’
ASV
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.
AMP
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’
AMPC
Then there came forth a spirit [of whom I am about to tell] and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him.
BRG
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
CSB
“Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord’s presence, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
CSBA
‘Then a spirit came forward, stood in the Lord’s presence, and said, “I will entice him.”
CEB
until one particular spirit approached the Lord and said, ‘I’ll persuade him.’ ‘How?’ the Lord asked.
CJB
Then a spirit stepped up, stood in front of Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.’
CEV
then finally a spirit came forward and said to the Lord, “I can trick Ahab.” “How?” the Lord asked.
DARBY
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.
DRA
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?
ERV
Then a spirit went and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will fool him!’ The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?’
EASY
Then a spirit came and stood in front of the Lord. The spirit said, “I will deceive Ahab.” The Lord asked him, “How will you do it?”
EHV
Finally a spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, “I will entice him.” The Lord said to him, “How?”
ESV
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
ESVUK
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
EXB
Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will ·trick [entice; deceive] him.’
GNV
Then there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?
GW
“Then the Spirit stepped forward, stood in front of the Lord, and said, ‘I will deceive him.’ “ ‘How?’ the Lord asked.
GNT
until a spirit stepped forward, approached the Lord, and said, ‘I will deceive him.’
HCSB
“Then a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
ICB
Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will trick him.’
ISV
“But then a spirit approached, stood in front of the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
JUB
And there came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, I will persuade him.
KJV
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
AKJV
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
LSB
Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him.’
LEB
Then a spirit came out and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him,’ and Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’
TLB
until one angel approached the Lord and said, ‘I’ll do it!’
MSG
Micaiah kept on: “I’m not done yet; listen to God’s word: I saw God enthroned, and all the angel armies of heaven Standing at attention ranged on his right and his left. And God said, ‘How can we seduce Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead?’ Some said this, and some said that. Then a bold angel stepped out, stood before God, and said, ‘I’ll seduce him.’ ‘And how will you do it?’ said God. ‘Easy,’ said the angel, ‘I’ll get all the prophets to lie.’ ‘That should do it,’ said God. ‘On your way—seduce him!’ “And that’s what has happened. God filled the mouths of your puppet prophets with seductive lies. God has pronounced your doom.”
MEV
Then a spirit came forth and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will persuade him.’
NOG
“Then Ruach stepped forward, stood in front of Yahweh, and said, ‘I will deceive him.’ “‘How?’ Yahweh asked.
NABRE
until this spirit came forth and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked: How?
NASB
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
NASB1995
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’
NCB
Then a spirit came forth and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will convince him.’
NCV
Then one spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’
NET
Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’
NIRV
Finally, a spirit came forward and stood in front of the Lord. The spirit said, ‘I’ll get Ahab to do it.’
NIV
Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’
NIVUK
Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, “I will entice him.”
NKJV
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’
NLV
Then a spirit came and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will lead him.’
NLT
and finally a spirit approached the Lord and said, ‘I can do it!’
NRSVA
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, “I will entice him.”
NRSVACE
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, “I will entice him.”
NRSVCE
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
NRSVUE
until a certain spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
OJB
And there came forth the ruach, and stood before Hashem, and said, I will persuade him.
RGT
“Then a spirit came forth and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the LORD said to him, ‘With what?’
RSV
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
RSVCE
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
TLV
until a certain spirit came forward and stood before Adonai and said, ‘I will entice him.’ So Adonai asked him, ‘How?’
VOICE
Right then, a spirit revealed itself to the Eternal and said, “I will do it. I will draw Ahab into battle.”
WEB
A spirit came out and stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
WYC
Soothly a spirit went out, and went before the Lord, and said, I shall deceive him.
YLT
`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?
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