1 Kings 21:3
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
KJV
Cui respondit Naboth : Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne dem hæreditatem patrum meorum tibi.
Vulgate
Τὸ ἀργύριόν σου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον σου ἐμόν ἐστιν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκές σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐμά ἐστιν.
LXX
And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר נָב֖וֹת אֶל אַחְאָ֑ב חָלִ֤ילָ/ה לִּ/י֙ מֵֽ/יהוָ֔ה מִ/תִּתִּ֛/י אֶת נַחֲלַ֥ת אֲבֹתַ֖/י לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
ה
h
pronoun · 21×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נָב֖וֹת
nbvt
proper_noun · 22×
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
- 1Sam 24:6 — And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
- Ezek 46:18 — Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people b
- Lev 25:23 — The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
- Num 36:7 — So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
- Num 36:7 — So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.