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1 Kings 18:12

NETBible	But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.¹ If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.² That would not be fair,³ because your servant has been a loyal follower of⁴ the Lord from my youth.
NIV © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	I don’t know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshipped the LORD since my youth.
NASB © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	"It will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you where I do not know; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.
NLT © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.
MSG © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	The minute I leave you the Spirit of GOD will whisk you away to who knows where. Then when I report to Ahab, you'll have disappeared and Ahab will kill me. And I've served GOD devoutly since I was a boy!
BBE © SABDAweb 1Ki 18:12	And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Ki 18:12	As soon as I have gone from you, the spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where; so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have revered the LORD from my youth.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	"And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.
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KJV	And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone <03212> (8799) from thee, that the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> shall carry <05375> (8799) thee whither I know <03045> (8799) not; and [so] when I come <0935> (8804) and tell <05046> (8687) Ahab <0256>_, and he cannot find <04672> (8799) thee, he shall slay <02026> (8804) me: but I thy servant <05650> fear <03372> (8804) the LORD <03068> from my youth <05271>_.
NASB © biblegateway 1Ki 18:12	"It will come <01961> about when I leave <01980> <4480> you that the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> will carry <05375> you where <05921> <834> I do not know <03045> ; so when I come <0935> and tell <05046> Ahab <0256> and he cannot <03808> find <04672> you, he will kill <02026> me, although I your servant <05650> have feared <03372> the LORD <03068> from my youth <05271> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ estai <1510> V-FMI-3S ean <1437> CONJ egw <1473> P-NS apelyw <565> V-AAS-1S apo <575> PREP sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ pneuma <4151> N-NSN kuriou <2962> N-GSM arei <142> V-FAI-3S se <4771> P-AS eiv <1519> PREP ghn <1065> N-ASF hn <3739> R-ASF ouk <3364> ADV oida {V-RAI-1S} kai <2532> CONJ eiseleusomai <1525> V-FMI-1S apaggeilai {V-AAN} tw <3588> T-DSM acaab {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ apoktenei <615> V-FAI-3S me <1473> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM doulov <1401> N-NSM sou <4771> P-GS estin <1510> V-PAI-3S foboumenov <5399> V-PMPNS ton <3588> T-ASM kurion <2962> N-ASM ek <1537> PREP neothtov <3503> N-GSF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	But when <01961> I <0589> leave <01980> you, the Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> will carry <05375> you away <05375> so I can’t <03808> find you. If <0834> I go <0935> tell <05046> Ahab <0256> I’ve seen <03045> you, he won’t <03808> be able to find <04672> you and he will kill <02026> me. That would not be fair, because your servant <05650> has been a loyal follower of the Lord <03068> from my youth <05271> .
HEBREW	yrenm <05271> hwhy <03068> ta <0853> ary <03372> Kdbew <05650> yngrhw <02026> Kaumy <04672> alw <03808> baxal <0256> dyghl <05046> ytabw <0935> eda <03045> al <03808> rsa <0834> le <05921> Kavy <05375> hwhy <03068> xwrw <07307> Ktam <0853> Kla <01980> yna <0589> hyhw (18:12) <01961>

NETBible

But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.¹ If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.² That would not be fair,³ because your servant has been a loyal follower of⁴ the Lord from my youth.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

²tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

³tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

⁴tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).