King James Version
1 Kings 18:9 in the King James Version says “And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?”
1 Kings 18:9 · KJV
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What have I sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that thou wouldest deliver”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“into the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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