Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GMikhayahu said, 'If you do return safely, YHWH has not spoken through me.' Then he said, 'Hear this — all you peoples!'
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageMicaiah declared, 'If you return at all, then Yahweh has not spoken through me.' And he called out for all to hear: 'Mark this well — all you peoples!'
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
Footnotes
The public summons *shim'u ammim kulam* ('hear, all peoples') is a striking prophetic formula, echoing Micah 1:2. Both prophets share the same root name — *Mikhayahu/Mikha*, 'Who is like YHWH?' The call turns Ahab's silencing of the prophet into an act of prophetic theatre: the very attempt to imprison the word of YHWH becomes the moment it is proclaimed most publicly. Imprisonment does not muzzle true prophecy; it amplifies it.
