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2 Chronicles 18:20

Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?

KJV

processit spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait : Ego decipiam eum. Cui Dominus : In quo, inquit, decipies ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν Ἐγὼ ἀπατήσω αὐτόν. καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος Ἐν τίνι;

LXX

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith?

ASV

וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א הָ/ר֗וּחַ וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹד֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֲנִ֣י אֲפַתֶּ֑/נּוּ וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖י/ו בַּ/מָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְפַתֶּה֙
ypth
verb · 28×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 1:6 — Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he