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1 Kings 20:40

40 While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.”

“That is your sentence,”s the king of Israel said. “You have pronounced it yourself.”

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1 Kings 20:40 — English Standard Version (ESV)

40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

1 Kings 20:40 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

1 Kings 20:40 — New Living Translation (NLT)

40 But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!”

“Well, it’s your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”

1 Kings 20:40 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

40 While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.”

Then the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

1 Kings 20:40 — New Century Version (NCV)

40 But I was busy doing other things, so the man ran away.”

The king of Israel answered, “You have already said what the punishment is. You must do what the man said.”

1 Kings 20:40 — American Standard Version (ASV)

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

1 Kings 20:40 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So is thy judgment: thyself hast decided it.

1 Kings 20:40 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

40 But while I was busy doing other things, he got away.” 

The king of Israel told him, “That’s your own penalty. You have determined it yourself.” 

1 Kings 20:40 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

40 But while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”

The king of Israel said to him, “That will be your sentence; you yourself have decided it.”

1 Kings 20:40 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

40 While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

1 Kings 20:40 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

40 It happened that your servant was busy here and there, and he disappeared.” Then the king of Israel said to him, “Your own judgment has been determined.”

1 Kings 20:40 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

40 While I was busy here and there, the man disappeared.”

“That’s your sentence,” the king of Israel told him. “You have said so yourself.”

1 Kings 20:40 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

40 “While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.


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