1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
KJV
Fecerunt ergo cives ejus majores natu et optimates, qui habitabant cum eo in urbe, sicut præceperat eis Jezabel, et sicut scriptum erat in litteris quas miserat ad eos :
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπεκρίθη βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν ἱκανούσθω· μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ κυρτὸς ὡς ὁ ὀρθός.
LXX
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
ASV
וַ/יַּעֲשׂוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִיר֜/וֹ הַ/זְּקֵנִ֣ים וְ/הַ/חֹרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּ/עִיר֔/וֹ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר שָׁלְחָ֥ה אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם אִיזָ֑בֶל כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּתוּב֙ בַּ/סְּפָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלְחָ֖ה אֲלֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Cross-references
- Acts 4:19 — But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.