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1 Kings 21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

KJV

Itaque cum audisset Achab sermones istos, scidit vestimenta sua, et operuit cilicio carnem suam, jejunavitque et dormivit in sacco, et ambulavit demisso capite.

Vulgate

καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπεσκέπησαν, καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτῷ· καὶ παρενέβαλεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐξ ἐναντίας αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ δύο ποίμνια αἰγῶν, καὶ Συρία ἔπλησεν τὴν γῆν.

LXX

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

ASV

וַ/יְהִי֩ כִ/שְׁמֹ֨עַ אַחְאָ֜ב אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֤ים הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ וַ/יִּקְרַ֣ע בְּגָדָ֔י/ו וַ/יָּֽשֶׂם שַׂ֥ק עַל בְּשָׂר֖/וֹ וַ/יָּצ֑וֹם וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב בַּ/שָּׂ֔ק וַ/יְהַלֵּ֖ךְ אַֽט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַֽט
't
noun · 6×
אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
ו
v
noun · 218×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקְרַ֣ע
yqr'
verb · 63×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יָּצֻ֖מוּ
ytsmv
verb · 21×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

5 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…
1. There are indeed many other things which are able to give us boldness towards God, and to show us bright and approved, but that which most of all brings good will from on high, is tender care for our neighbor. Which therefore Christ requires of Peter. For when their eating was ended, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love Me more than these? He says unto…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 21:16 — And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel,
  • 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
  • 2Kgs 6:30 — And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
  • 2Kgs 6:30 — And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
  • 2Kgs 18:37 — Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabsha
  • 2Kgs 19:1 — And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
  • 2Sam 3:31 — And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
  • 2Sam 12:16 — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
  • 2Sam 12:16 — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
  • 2Sam 21:10 — And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the ai
  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Gen 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
  • Isa 38:15 — What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Isa 38:15 — What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
  • Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
  • Jer 26:3 — If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
  • Jer 36:24 — Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
  • Job 16:15 — I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
  • Job 16:15 — I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
  • Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the
  • Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the
  • Jonah 3:10 — And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.