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1 Kings 20:40

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.

KJV

Dum autem ego turbatus huc illucque me verterem, subito non comparuit. Et ait rex Israël ad eum : Hoc est judicium tuum, quod ipse decrevisti.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י עַבְדְּ/ךָ֗ עֹשֵׂ֥ה הֵ֛נָּה וָ/הֵ֖נָּה וְ/ה֣וּא אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֧י/ו מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל כֵּ֥ן מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖/ךָ אַתָּ֥ה חָרָֽצְתָּ

Hebrew

And whilst I, in the hurry, turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
adverb · 50×
חָרָֽצְתָּ
chrtst
verb · 12×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 14:13 — And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his b