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1 Kings 13:18

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

KJV

Qui ait illi : Et ego propheta sum similis tui : et angelus locutus est mihi in sermone Domini, dicens : Reduc eum tecum in domum tuam, ut comedat panem, et bibat aquam. Fefellit eum,

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Κἀγὼ προφήτης εἰμὶ καθὼς σύ, καὶ ἄγγελος λελάληκεν πρὸς μὲ ἐν ῥήματι Κυρίου λέγων Ἐπίστρεψον αὐτὸν πρὸς σεαυτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου, καὶ φαγέτω ἄρτον καὶ πιέτω ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐψεύσατο αὐτῷ.

LXX

And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ גַּם אֲנִ֣י נָבִיא֮ כָּמוֹ/ךָ֒ וּ/מַלְאָ֡ךְ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלַ/י֩ בִּ/דְבַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הֲשִׁבֵ֤/הוּ אִתְּ/ךָ֙ אֶל בֵּיתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/יֹ֥אכַל לֶ֖חֶם וְ/יֵ֣שְׁתְּ מָ֑יִם כִּחֵ֖שׁ לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
כִּחֵ֖שׁ
kchsh
verb · 20×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  • 1Tim 4:2 — Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
  • 2Cor 11:3 — But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • 2Cor 11:13 — For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Deut 13:1 — If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
  • Ezek 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, nei
  • Ezek 13:22 — Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
  • Gen 3:4 — And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
  • Isa 9:15 — The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
  • Isa 36:10 — And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
  • Jer 5:12 — They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
  • Jer 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 23:17 — They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
  • Jer 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: there
  • Jer 28:15 — Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
  • Matt 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
  • Mic 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  • Num 22:35 — And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  • Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.