1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
KJV
Litterarum autem hæc erat sententia : Prædicate jejunium, et sedere facite Naboth inter primos populi :
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς ἀγγέλοις υἱοῦ Ἁδέρ Λέγετε τῷ κυρίῳ ὑμῶν Πάντα ὅσα ἀπέσταλκας πρὸς τὸν δοῦλόν σου ἐν πρώτοις ποιήσω, τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα τοῦτο οὐ δυνήσομαι ποιῆσαι· καὶ ἀπῆραν οἱ ἄνδρες καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν αὐτῷ λόγον.
LXX
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
ASV
וַ/תִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּ/סְּפָרִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר קִֽרְאוּ צ֔וֹם וְ/הוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת נָב֖וֹת בְּ/רֹ֥אשׁ הָ/עָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 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
- Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- Isa 58:4 — Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.