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2 Chronicles 18:13

And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”
2 Chronicles 18:13 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what my God says, that will I speak.”
  • KJV And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
  • BSB But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  • NASB But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, I will speak it.”
  • NLT But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what my God says.”

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Micaiah vows by the living LORD to speak only what God says, regardless of the cost.

Overview

This is the heart of faithful prophecy: bound to God's word, not to men's expectations. Micaiah's resolve models the integrity required of every messenger of God. The true prophet serves the LORD who lives, and so cannot trade truth for favor.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Num 22:35Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  • Num 22:18–20Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 24:13‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond Yahweh’s word, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says’?
  • Gal 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
  • 1 Th 2:4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
  • Ezek 2:7You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.”
  • Jer 42:4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.”
  • Num 23:26But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?’”
  • 2 Cor 2:17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
  • Mic 2:6–7“Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
  • 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
  • Num 23:12He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
  • Jer 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
  • Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

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