1 Kings 21:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?””
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“Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, `What <FI>is<Fi> this? --thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 21:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- 2 Samuel 13:4so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
- 1 Kings 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
- 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
- 1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
- Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
- Esther 4:5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
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