1 Kings 12:28 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 12:28 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץ
yâʻats
H3289
to counsel
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וַיַּ֕עַשׂ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
שְׁנֵ֖י
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
עֶגְלֵ֣י
ʻêgel
H5695
calf
זָהָ֑ב
zâhâb
H2091
gold
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם
ʼêl
H413
to
רַב
rab
H7227
many
לָכֶם֙
מֵעֲל֣וֹת
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
הִנֵּ֤ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֶעֱל֖וּךָ
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרָֽיִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
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World English Bible Public Domain
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
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King James Version Public Domain
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king consulted, and he made two calves of gold. And he said to them, “Going up to Jerusalem too much for you. Behold your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).