1 Kings 20:40 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 20:40 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 →
וַיְהִ֣י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עַבְדְּךָ֗
ʻebed
H5650
servant
עֹשֵׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
הֵ֛נָּה
hênnâh
H2008
here
וָהֵ֖נָּה
hênnâh
H2008
here
וְה֣וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
אֵינֶ֑נּוּ
ʼayin
H369
nothing
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָ֧יו
ʼêl
H413
to
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
כֵּ֥ן
kên
H3651
thus
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖ךָ
mishpâṭ
H4941
judgment
אַתָּ֥ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
חָרָֽצְתָּ
chârats
H2782
to sharpen
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World English Bible Public Domain
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.
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King James Version Public Domain
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened that your servant was doing here and there, and he not.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Thus your judgment, you, you have decided.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).