1 Kings 20:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.'"

New Living Translation
‘Your silver and gold are mine, and so are your wives and the best of your children!’”

English Standard Version
‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.’”

Berean Study Bible
saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’ ”

New American Standard Bible
‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.’”

NASB 1995
'Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.'"

NASB 1977
‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.’”

Amplified Bible
‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your wives and your children, even the fairest, also are mine [as conditions of peace].’”

Christian Standard Bible
‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well! ’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well!'"

Contemporary English Version
"Ahab, give me your silver and gold, your wives, and your strongest sons!"

Good News Translation
you surrender to him your silver and gold, your women and the strongest of your children."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your silver and gold are mine. Your beloved wives and children are mine."

International Standard Version
Your silver and gold belong to me. So do the most beautiful of your wives and children.'"

NET Bible
He said to him, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.'"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

New King James Version
‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.’ ”

King James 2000 Bible
Your silver and your gold are mine; your wives also and your children, even the fairest, are mine.

New Heart English Bible
'Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.'"

World English Bible
'Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.'"

American King James Version
Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.

American Standard Version
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

A Faithful Version
Your silver and your gold are mine, your wives also and your sons, the best of them are mine. ' "

Darby Bible Translation
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.

English Revised Version
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the most comely, are mine.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And sayd vnto him, Thus sayth Ben-hadad, Thy siluer & thy golde is mine: also thy women, and thy fayre children are mine.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Thy siluer & thy gold is myne, & the fayrest of thy wiues & of thy childre be mine.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Thy syluer & thy golde is myne, and thy wyues & thy best children are myne also.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and says to him, “Thus said Ben-Hadad: Your silver and your gold are mine, and your wives and your sons—the best—are mine.”

Young's Literal Translation
and saith to him, 'Thus said Ben-Hadad, 'Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons -- the best -- are mine.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will say to him, Thus said the son of Hadad, Thy silver and thy gold it is to me; and thy wives and thy sons, the good, they are to me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy wives, and thy goodliest children are mine.

Catholic Public Domain Version
he said: “Thus says Benhadad: Your silver and your gold is mine. And your wives and your best sons are mine.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And said to him: “Thus says BarHadad: “Your silver and your gold is mine, and your wives and your sons who are beautiful are mine.”

Lamsa Bible
Your silver and your gold are mine; and the most attractive of your wives and your children are mine also.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and said unto him: 'Thus saith Ben-hadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy children are mine.
















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