1 Kings 21:3
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New International Version (©1984)
But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors."

English Standard Version (©2001)
But Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Naboth told Ahab, "The LORD has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors."

King James Bible
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

American King James Version
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

American Standard Version
And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Bible in Basic English
But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Naboth answered him: The Lord be merciful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

Darby Bible Translation
And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!

English Revised Version
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

World English Bible
Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

Young's Literal Translation
And Naboth saith unto Ahab, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

Geneva Study Bible

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Wesley's Notes

21:3 The Lord forbid - For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted. And although these might have been alienated 'till the jubilee, yet he durst not sell it to the king for that time; because he supposed, if once it came into the king's hand, neither he, nor his posterity, could ever recover it; and so he should both offend God, and wrong his posterity.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:1-4 Naboth, perhaps, had been pleased that he had a vineyard situated so near the palace, but the situation proved fatal to him; many a man's possessions have been his snare, and his neighbourhood to greatness, of bad consequence. Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment, and makes men torment themselves. It is a sin that is its own parent; it arises not from the condition, but from the mind: as we find Paul contented in a prison, so Ahab was discontented in a palace. He had all the delights of Canaan, that pleasant land, at command; the wealth of a kingdom, the pleasures of a court, and the honours and powers of a throne; yet all avails him nothing without Naboth's vineyard. Wrong desires expose men to continual vexations, and those that are disposed to fret, however well off, may always find something or other to fret at.


Leviticus 25:23 The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.
Numbers 36:7 "Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Ezekiel 46:18 "The prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, thrusting them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'" (NASB ©1995)

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And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

The Lord Ge 44:7,17 Jos 22:29 24:16 1Sa 12:23 24:6 26:9-11 1Ch 11:19 Job 27:5 Ro 3:4,6,31 6:2,15 7:7,13 1Co 6:15 Ga 6:14

I should give Le 25:23 Nu 36:7 Eze 46:18

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