1 Kings 20:38
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes.

New Living Translation
The prophet placed a bandage over his eyes to disguise himself and then waited beside the road for the king.

English Standard Version
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Berean Study Bible
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

New American Standard Bible
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

NASB 1995
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

NASB 1977
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Amplified Bible
So the prophet left and waited for King Ahab by the road, and disguised himself [as a wounded soldier] with a bandage over his eyes.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the prophet went and waited for the king on the road. He disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the prophet went and waited for the king on the road. He disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Contemporary English Version
The prophet left and put a bandage over his face to disguise himself. Then he went and stood beside the road, waiting for Ahab to pass by.

Good News Translation
The prophet bandaged his face with a cloth, to disguise himself, and went and stood by the road, waiting for the king of Israel to pass.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the prophet, disguised with a bandage over his eyes, waited for the king by the road.

International Standard Version
Then the prophet left and waited for the king to pass by, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

NET Bible
The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

New King James Version
Then the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

King James 2000 Bible
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

New Heart English Bible
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

World English Bible
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

American King James Version
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes on his face.

American Standard Version
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

A Faithful Version
And the prophet went and waited for the king by the wayside, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

Darby Bible Translation
And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

English Revised Version
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So the Prophet departed, & wayted for the King by the way, & disguised himselfe with ashes vpon his face.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So the prophete went foorth, & wayted for the king by the way, and put him selfe out of knowledge with ashes whiche he layed vpon his face.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then wente the prophet, and stepte vnto the kynge by the waye syde, and altered his face with asshes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the prophet goes and stands for the king on the way, and disguises himself with ashes on his eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the prophet will go and stand by the king by the way; and he will be disguised with a bandage over his eyes.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the prophet departed. And he met the king along the way, and he changed his appearance by sprinkling dust around his mouth and eyes.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the Prophet went on and stood before the King on the side of a road, and covered his face with ashes.

Lamsa Bible
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised his face with ashes.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.
















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