1 Kings 20:18

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.

Darby Translation ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And he said, If they be come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they be come out for war, alive must ye catch them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And he said: 'Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.'

King James Version ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down there to take possession of it.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down there to take possession of it.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”

Webster Bible ☆

And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.

Revised Version ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Arise, and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Naboth, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.

World English Bible ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And he said, Whether they be come out for shalom, take them chayyim (alive); or whether they be come out for milchamah, take them chayyim (alive).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقَالَ: «إِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلسَّلَامِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً، وَإِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلْقِتَالِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မင်း​ကြီး​က``ထို​သူ​တို့​သည်​တိုက်​ခိုက်​ရန်​လာ သည်​ဖြစ်​စေ၊ စစ်​ပြေ​ငြိမ်း​ရန်​လာ​သည်​ဖြစ်​စေ သူ​တို့​အား​အ​ရှင်​ရ​အောင်​ဖမ်း​ဆီး​ကြ​လော့'' ဟု​အ​မိန့်​ပေး​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

စစ်ငြိမ်း စေခြင်းငှါ ထွက် သည်ဖြစ်စေ ၊ စစ်တိုက် ခြင်းငှါ ထွက် သည်ဖြစ်စေ ၊ အရှင် ဘမ်းဆီး ကြဟု မိန့် တော်မူ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Anih mah, Angdaehhaih sak hanah angzo o cadoeh, kahing ah angzo o haih loe, misatuk han angzo o cadoeh, kahing ah angzo o haih ah, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te vaengah, “Rhoepnah ham ha pawk akhaw amih te a hing la tu uh, caemtloek ham ha pawk akhaw amih te a hing la tu uh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te vaengah, “Rhoepnah ham ha pawk akhaw amih te a hing la tu uh, caemtloek ham ha pawk akhaw amih te a hing la tu uh,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

他说：「他们若为讲和出来，要活捉他们；若为打仗出来，也要活捉他们。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

他說：「他們若為講和出來，要活捉他們；若為打仗出來，也要活捉他們。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

他说：“他们若是为求和出来，要活捉他们；若是为打仗出来，也要活捉他们。”

Croatian Bible ☆

On reče: “Ako su izišli radi mira, pohvatajte ih žive; ako su izišli u boj, opet ih uhvatite žive!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A řekl: Buď že vytáhli o pokoj, zjímejte je živé, buď že k bitvě vytáhli, zjímejte je živé.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da sagde han: “Hvad enten de rykker ud for at få Fred eller for at kæmpe, så grib dem levende!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En hij zeide: Hetzij dat zij tot vrede uitgetogen zijn, grijpt hen levend; hetzij ook, dat zij ten strijde uitgetogen zijn, grijpt hen levend.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Hij beval: Hetzij ze met vredelievende bedoelingen komen, hetzij om te strijden, grijpt ze levend.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tiam li diris: Se por paco ili eliris, kaptu ilin vivajn; kaj se ili eliris por milito, ankaŭ kaptu ilin vivajn.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et il dit : S’ils sont sortis pour la paix, saisissez-les vivants ; et s’ils sont sortis pour la guerre, saisissez-les vivants.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et il dit: Si c'est pour la paix qu'ils sont sortis, saisissez-les vivants; et, si c'est pour le combat, saisissez-les vivants!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Il dit: S’ils sortent pour la paix, saisissez-les vivants; et s’ils sortent pour le combat, saisissez-les vivants.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Il ordonna : « S'ils sont sortis pour la paix, prenez-les vivants ; s'ils sont sortis pour le combat, prenez-les aussi vivants. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Da sprach er: Wenn sie zum Frieden ausgezogen sind, so greifet sie lebendig; und wenn sie zum Streit ausgezogen sind, so greifet sie lebendig.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Er sprach: Greift sie lebendig, sie seien um Friedens oder um Streit ausgezogen!

German Textbibel ☆

Da gebot er: Mögen sie nun in friedlicher Absicht oder Kampfes halber ausgerückt sein, greift sie auf jeden Fall lebendig!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Er sprach: Fanget sie lebendig, sie seien zum Frieden oder zum Streit ausgezogen!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀνάστηθι καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς ἀπαντὴν Ἀχαὰβ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, ὅτι οὗτος ἐν ἀμπελῶνι Ναβουθαί, ὅτι καταβέβηκεν ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτόν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

ἀνάστηθι καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς ἀπαντὴν Ἀχαὰβ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, ὅτι οὗτος ἐν ἀμπελῶνι Ναβουθαὶ, ὅτι καταβέβηκεν ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτόν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè sa a, li di: -M' pa bezwen konnen si y'ap vin pou goumen osinon pou mande lapè, kenbe yo vivan mennen ban mwen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Olelo mai la oia, Ina i puka mai lakou no ka malu, e hopu ia lakou e ola ana; a ina i puka mai lakou no ke kaua, e hopu ia lakou e ola ana.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אִם־לְשָׁלֹ֥ום יָצָ֖אוּ תִּפְשׂ֣וּם חַיִּ֑ים וְאִ֧ם לְמִלְחָמָ֛ה יָצָ֖אוּ חַיִּ֥ים תִּפְשֽׂוּם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר אם לשלום יצאו תפשום חיים ואם למלחמה יצאו חיים תפשום׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ed egli disse: O per pace o per guerra che sieno usciti, pigliateli vivi.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il re disse: “Se sono usciti per la pace, pigliateli vivi; se sono usciti per la guerra, e vivi pigliateli!”

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼は言った。「もし彼らが平和のために出て来たなら、彼らを生けどりにせよ。もし彼らが戦いのために出て来たとしても、彼らを生けどりにせよ。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

저가 이르되 화친하러 나올지라도 사로잡고 싸우러 나올지라도 사로잡으라 하니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Benhadad el sapkin, “Elos finne tuku in mweun ku in suk misla, sruokolosi a nimet onelosla.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et ille ait: Sive pro pace veniunt, apprehendite eos vivos: sive ut prælientur, vivos eos capite.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

او گفت: «خواه برای صلح بیرون آمده باشند، ایشان رازنده بگیرید، و خواه به جهت جنگ بیرون آمده باشند، ایشان را زنده بگیرید.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Ele disse: “Se saíram para a paz, peguem-nos vivos; ou se saíram para a guerra, peguem-nos vivos.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Ele então disse: Se saíram por paz, tomai-os vivos; e se saíram para lutar, tomai-os vivos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi el a spus: Dacă au ieşit pentru pace, prindeţi-i vii; şi dacă au ieşit pentru război, prindeţi-i vii.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ел а зис: „Дакэ ес пентру паче, приндеци-й вий ши, кяр дакэ ес пентру луптэ, приндеци-й вий.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Он сказал: если за миром вышли они, то схватите их живыми, и если на войну вышли, также схватите их живыми.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

A on reče: Ako su izašli mira radi, pohvatajte ih žive; ako su izašli na boj, pohvatajte ih žive.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А он рече: Ако су изашли мира ради, похватајте их живе; ако су изашли на бој, похватајте их живе.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ashuza, erhi: «Akabà bayishire n’obuholo, mubagwârhe banazîne, n’akabà ntambala bayishîre, kwo na kwo, mubagwârhe banazîne!»

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El entonces dijo: Si han salido por paz, tomadlos vivos; y si han salido para pelear, tomadlos vivos.

Spanish BLL ☆

Él ordenó: “Si vienen en son de paz, atrápenlos vivos; y si vienen en son de guerra, ¡también atrápenlos vivos!”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Él entonces dijo: «Si han salido por paz, tomadlos vivos; y si han salido para guerra, tomadlos vivos».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y él dijo: Si han salido por la paz, tómenlos vivos, y si han salido por la guerra, tómenlos vivos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y él ordenó: Si salieron en son de paz, agárrenlos vivos, y si salieron a combatir, también agárrenlos vivos.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Kapau kuo nau hū mai kituʻa ʻi he melino, puke moʻui pe kinautolu; pea kapau kuo nau ʻomi kituʻa ke fai ʻae tau, puke moʻui pe kinautolu.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І повелїв він: Чи вийшли вони з мирним задумом, чи з боєвим, хапайте їх живцем.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І повелїв він: Чи вийшли вони з мирним задумом, чи з боєвим, хапайте їх живцем.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người đáp: Chúng nó đến hoặc có ý cầu hòa, hãy bắt sống lấy; hoặc có ý chiến tranh, cũng hãy bắt sống lấy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אִם־לְשָׁל֥וֹם יָצָ֖אוּ תִּפְשׂ֣וּם חַיִּ֑ים וְאִ֧ם לְמִלְחָמָ֛ה יָצָ֖אוּ חַיִּ֥ים תִּפְשֽׂוּם׃