1 Kings 16:3
ContextNET © | So I am ready to burn up 1 Baasha and his family, and make your family 2 like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
NIV © | So I am about to consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
NASB © | behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. |
NLT © | So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
MSG © | And now the consequences--I will burn Baasha and his regime to cinders, the identical fate of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
BBE © | Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. |
NRSV © | therefore, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
NKJV © | "surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. |
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LXXM | nabat {N-PRI} |
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NET © | So I am ready to burn up 1 Baasha and his family, and make your family 2 like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The traditional view understands the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean “burn.” However, an alternate view takes בָּעַר (ba’ar) as a homonym meaning “sweep away” (HALOT 146 s.v. II בער). In this case one might translate, “I am ready to sweep away Baasha and his family.” Either metaphor emphasizes the thorough and destructive nature of the coming judgment. 2 tc The Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and some |