1 Kings 21:2
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
KJV
Locutus est ergo Achab ad Naboth, dicens : Da mihi vineam tuam, ut faciam mihi hortum olerum, quia vicina est, et prope domum meam : daboque tibi pro ea vineam meliorem, aut si commodius tibi putas, argenti pretium, quanto digna est.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς Ἀχαὰβ βασιλέα Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Τάδε λέγει υἱὸς Ἁδέρ
LXX
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
ASV
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר אַחְאָ֣ב אֶל נָב֣וֹת לֵ/אמֹר֩ תְּנָ/ה לִּ֨/י אֶֽת כַּרְמְ/ךָ֜ וִֽ/יהִי לִ֣/י לְ/גַן יָרָ֗ק כִּ֣י ה֤וּא קָרוֹב֙ אֵ֣צֶל בֵּיתִ֔/י וְ/אֶתְּנָ֤ה לְ/ךָ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו כֶּ֖רֶם ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ אִ֚ם ט֣וֹב בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ אֶתְּנָה לְ/ךָ֥ כֶ֖סֶף מְחִ֥יר זֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 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
- 1Chr 21:22 — Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the
- 1Sam 8:14 — And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
- 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
- Zech 11:12 — And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.