1-kings 21:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
Webster's Revision
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!"
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Barnes's 1-kings 21:3 Bible Commentary
The Lord forbid it me - Or, "Yahweh forbid it me." Naboth, as a worshipper of Yahweh, not of Baal, considers it would be wrong for him to comply with the king's request, as contrary to the Law (margin). His was not a mere refusal arising out of a spirit of sturdy independence, or one based upon the sentiment which attaches men to ancestral estates.
Wesley's 1-kings 21:3 Bible Commentary
21:3 The Lord forbid - For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families towhich 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, norhis posterity, could ever recover it; and so he should both offend God, andwrong his posterity.
