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1 Kings 18:9
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7 Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he arecognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?”  
8 And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”
9 So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you.
11 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here” ’!
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that athe Spirit of the Lord will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.  
13 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid one hundred men of the Lord’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here.” ’ He will kill me!”
15 Then Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today.”
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 18:9

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American Standard Version
And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

Amplified® Bible
And he said, What sin have I committed, that you would deliver your servant into the hands of Ahab to be slain?

Contemporary English Version
Obadiah replied: King Ahab would kill me if I told him that. And I haven't even done anything wrong.

Darby English Version
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?

Good News Bible
Obadiah answered, "What have I done that you want to put me in danger of being killed by King Ahab?

King James Version
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

New American Standard Bible
He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?

New International Version
"What have I done wrong," asked Obadiah, "that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?

New King James Version
So he said, “How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He said, "What sin have I committed, that you give your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?

Revised Standard Version
And he said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?


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