Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 9:8
American Standard Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
Amplified® Bible
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Every man and boy in Ahab's family must die, whether slave or free.
Darby English Version
And the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
Good News Bible
All of Ahab's family and descendants are to die; I will get rid of every male in his family, young and old alike.
King James Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
New American Standard Bible
`For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.
New International Version
The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.
New King James Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both bond and free.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.
Revised Standard Version
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
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