1 Kings 20:32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
KJV
Accinxerunt saccis lumbos suos, et posuerunt funiculos in capitibus suis, veneruntque ad regem Israël, et dixerunt ei : Servus tuus Benadad dicit : Vivat, oro te, anima mea. Et ille ait : Si adhuc vivit, frater meus est.
Vulgate
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
ASV
וַ/יַּחְגְּרוּ֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּ/מָתְנֵי/הֶ֜ם וַ/חֲבָלִ֣ים בְּ/רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֗ם וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ עַבְדְּ/ךָ֧ בֶן הֲדַ֛ד אָמַ֖ר תְּחִֽי נָ֣א נַפְשִׁ֑/י וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר הַ/עוֹדֶ֥/נּוּ חַ֖י אָחִ֥/י הֽוּא
Hebrew
So they girded sackcloths on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said to him: Thy servant, Benadad, saith: I beseech thee let me have my life. And he said: If he be yet alive, he is my brother.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 20:3 — Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
- 2Kgs 10:5 — And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us;
- Gen 32:4 — And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: