2 Chronicles 18:21
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18:21He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord24 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him.25 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
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- 24 Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 25 The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (végam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“ ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said.
“ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“So he said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
“Then he said, ‘You will entice him and also prevail. Go and do that.’
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NLTNew Living Translation
“And the spirit replied, ‘I will go out and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to speak lies.’
“ ‘You will succeed,’ said the Lord. ‘Go ahead and do it.’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then he said, ‘I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You will entice him and will also succeed. Go out and do so.’
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KJV 1900King James Version
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
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