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1 Kings 20:42

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 42 He said to him: “This is what Jehovah says, ‘Because you have let the man who I said should be destroyed escape from your hand,+ your life must take the place of his life,*+ and your people the place of his people.’”+

1 Kings 20:42

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 42 He said to him: “This is what Jehovah says, ‘Because you have let the man who I said should be destroyed escape from your hand,+ your life must take the place of his life,*+ and your people the place of his people.’”+

1 Kings 20:42

The Bible in Living English
- 42 and he said to him “Says Jehovah, Since you have let out of your hands the man I claimed for death without quarter, it shall be your life and your people for his.”

1 Kings 20:42

American Standard Version
- 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

1 Kings 20:42

The Emphasized Bible
- 42 And he said unto him—Thus saith Yahweh, Because thou hast let go the man whom I had devoted out of thy hand, therefore shall thy life be instead of his life, and thy people instead of his people.

1 Kings 20:42

King James Version
- 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.