1 Kings 21:5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
KJV
Ingressa est autem ad eum Jezabel uxor sua, dixitque ei : Quid est hoc, unde anima tua contristata est ? et quare non comedis panem ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ εἶπον Τάδε λέγει υἱὸς Ἁδέρ Ἐγὼ ἀπέστρεψα λέγων τὸ ἀργύριόν σου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον σου καὶ τὰς γυναῖκὰς σου δώσεις ἐμοί·
LXX
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
ASV
וַ/תָּבֹ֥א אֵלָ֖י/ו אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹ וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֗י/ו מַה זֶּה֙ רוּחֲ/ךָ֣ סָרָ֔ה וְ/אֵינְ/ךָ֖ אֹכֵ֥ל לָֽחֶם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 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
- Jas 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.