1 Kings 21:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, when Ahab{H256} heard{H8085} those words,{H1697} that he rent{H7167} his clothes,{H899} and put{H7760} sackcloth{H8242} upon his flesh,{H1320} and fasted,{H6684} and lay{H7901} in sackcloth,{H8242} and went{H1980} softly.{H328}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass, when Ahab{H256} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} those words{H1697}, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} upon his flesh{H1320}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8799)}, and lay{H7901}{(H8799)} in sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H1980}{(H8762)} softly{H328}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whan Achab herde these wordes, he rete his clothes, & put a sack cloth on his body, & fasted, and slepte in sack cloth, and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe when Ahab heard those wordes, he rent his clothes, & put sackcloth vpon him and fasted, and lay in sackecloth and went softely.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And it fortuned, that whe Ahab heard those wordes, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth & wene bare foote.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
  • Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  • 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-17 : 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and he fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground. 17 The elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat with them.
  • 2 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
  • Job 16:15 : 15 I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
  • Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Isa 58:5-8 : 5 Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
  • Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:28-29
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    28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

  • Isa 37:1
    80%

    1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
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    30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

  • 2 Kgs 19:1
    79%

    1 And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
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    11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    75%

    19 And it happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

  • 1 Kgs 18:42
    74%

    42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

  • 1 Kgs 21:4-5
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    4 And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

    5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    74%

    8 And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • Jonah 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

    6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • 2 Chr 34:27
    73%

    27 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place and against the inhabitants of it, and humbled yourself before me, and tore your clothes, and wept before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 21:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24 The one who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and the one who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.

    25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

    26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 22:19
    72%

    19 Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:45-46
    2 verses
    72%

    45 And it came to pass in the meantime, that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

    46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    71%

    31 Then the king arose, tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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    71%

    1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:1
    71%

    1 And it happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

  • Isa 22:12
    71%

    12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

  • Joel 2:12-13
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    71%

    12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

    13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.

  • 1 Kgs 21:15-18
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    71%

    15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

    16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

    17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it.

  • Esth 4:1
    70%

    1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;

  • 1 Kgs 16:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

    31 And as if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.

  • Dan 9:3
    70%

    3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:

  • 1 Kgs 18:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.

    3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

  • 1 Kgs 20:31-32
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    70%

    31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life.

    32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Benhadad says, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he still alive? he is my brother.

  • 1 Kgs 21:9
    70%

    9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

  • Esth 4:3
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    3 In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

  • 2 Chr 20:3
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    3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
    69%

    20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
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    9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

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    12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

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    8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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    20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground and worshipped.

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    14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

  • Ezra 9:3
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    3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
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    11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

  • Ps 35:13
    68%

    13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned to my own bosom.

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