1 Kings 20:37
“Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting hee wounded him.”
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1 Kings 20:37 Context
35¶ And a certaine man of the sonnes of the Prophets, saide vnto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36Then said he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, beholde, assoone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee. And assoone as hee was departed from him, a lyon found him, and slew him. 37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting hee wounded him. 38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himselfe with ashes vpon his face. 39And as the king passed by, he cried vnto the king: and he saide, Thy seruant went out into the mids of the battell, and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man vnto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any meanes he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of siluer.
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Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded [him].
- King James Version
Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me. And the man struck him, wounding him."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.
- Basic English Bible
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him violently, and wounded [him].
- Darby Bible
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
- Webster's Bible
Then he found another man, and said, "Please strike me." The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
- World English Bible
And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then he found another man, and said: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible