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2 Kings 9:8
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KJ21
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
ASV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
AMP
For the entire house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free, in Israel.
AMPC
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
BRG
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
CSB
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males, both slave and free, in Israel.
CSBA
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males, both slave and free, in Israel.
CEB
Ahab’s whole family will die. I will eliminate from Ahab everyone who urinates on a wall, whether slave or free, in Israel.
CJB
The entire house of Ach’av will perish; I will cut off from Ach’av every male, whether a slave or free in Isra’el.
CEV
Every man and boy in Ahab's family must die, whether slave or free.
DARBY
And the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
DRA
And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel.
ERV
So all Ahab’s family will die. I will not let any male child in Ahab’s family live. It doesn’t matter if that male child is a slave or a free person in Israel.
EASY
The whole family of Ahab must die. I will kill every male among his descendants in Israel, whoever they are.
EHV
The whole house of Ahab will perish. In Israel I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against the wall, both bound and free.
ESV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
ESVUK
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
EXB
All of Ahab’s ·family [L house] must die. I will ·destroy [L cut off] every ·male [L one who urinates against the wall] child in Ahab’s ·family [L house] in Israel, whether slave or free.
GNV
For the whole house of Ahab shall be destroyed: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut up, as him that is left in Israel.
GW
Ahab’s entire family will die. I will destroy every male  from Ahab’s family, whether slave or freeman in Israel.
GNT
All of Ahab's family and descendants are to die; I will get rid of every male in his family, young and old alike.
HCSB
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males, both slave and free, in Israel.
ICB
So all Ahab’s family will die. I will not let any male child in Ahab’s family live in Israel. It does not matter if he is a slave or a free person.
ISV
The entire household of Ahab will die, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person in Israel, whether imprisoned or surviving.
JUB
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisses against the wall, he that is shut up as well as he that is left in Israel.
KJV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
AKJV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
LSB
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.
LEB
All of the house of Ahab will perish, and I shall cut off all males from Ahab, both bond and free.
TLB
The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out—every male, no matter who.
MSG
He got up and went inside the building. The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, “God’s word, the God of Israel: I’ve anointed you to be king over the people of God, over Israel. Your assignment is to attack the regime of Ahab your master. I am avenging the massacre of my servants the prophets—yes, the Jezebel-massacre of all the prophets of God. The entire line of Ahab is doomed. I’m wiping out the entire bunch of that sad lot. I’ll see to it that the family of Ahab experiences the same fate as the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah. As for Jezebel, the dogs will eat her carcass in the open fields of Jezreel. No burial for her!” Then he opened the door and made a run for it.
MEV
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both imprisoned and free.
NOG
Ahab’s entire family will die. I will destroy every male from Ahab’s family, whether slave or freeman in Israel.
NABRE
The whole house of Ahab shall perish: I will cut off from Ahab’s line every male, whether bond or free in Israel.
NASB
For the entire house of Ahab shall perish, and I will eliminate from Ahab every male person both slave and free in Israel.
NASB1995
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.
NCB
The entire house of Ahab must perish. Everyone who pees against the wall in Israel who belongs to Ahab must be cut off, whether he be slave or free.
NCV
All of Ahab’s family must die. I will not let any male child in Ahab’s family live in Israel, whether slave or free.
NET
Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
NIRV
The whole house of Ahab will die out. I will destroy every male in Israel who is related to Ahab. It does not matter whether they are slaves or free.
NIV
The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.
NIVUK
The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel – slave or free.
NKJV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both bond and free.
NLV
The whole family of Ahab must be destroyed. And I will destroy every male person in Israel who belongs to Ahab, both the servants and those who are free.
NLT
The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.
NRSVA
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
NRSVACE
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
NRSVCE
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
NRSVUE
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
OJB
For the kol Bais Ach’av shall perish: and I will cut off from Ach’av mashtin b’kir (him that urinates against the wall, i.e., all males), and him that is atzur (bond) or azuv (free) in Yisroel:
RGT
‘For the whole House of Ahab shall be destroyed. And I will cut off all males from Ahab, he who is shut up as well as he who is left in Israel.
RSV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
RSVCE
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
TLV
For the whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, slave or free, in Israel.
VOICE
Slaughter all of Ahab’s household, starting with King Joram. All the male members of Ahab’s house, slave or free, will be killed in Israel.
WEB
For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
WYC
And I shall lose all the house of Ahab, and I shall slay of the house of Ahab a pisser to the wall, and the enclosed, and the last in Israel. (And I shall destroy all the house of Ahab, and I shall kill all the house of Ahab unto a pisser on the wall, and the captive, and the last in Israel.)
YLT
and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
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