1 Kings 16:4 - Compare All Versions
1 Kings 16:4 NIV (New International Version)
Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country.”
1 Kings 16:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.”
1 Kings 16:4 NLT (New Living Translation)
The members of Baasha’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
1 Kings 16:4 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Anyone who belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who is his and dies in the field, the birds will eat.”
1 Kings 16:4 KJV (King James Version)
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings 16:4 NKJV (New King James Version)
The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields.”
1 Kings 16:1-4 MSG (The Message)
The word of GOD came to Jehu son of Hanani with this message for Baasha: “I took you from nothing—a complete nobody—and set you up as the leader of my people Israel, but you plodded along in the rut of Jeroboam, making my people Israel sin and making me seethe over their sin. And now the consequences—I will burn Baasha and his regime to cinders, the identical fate of Jeroboam son of Nebat. Baasha’s people who die in the city will be eaten by scavenger dogs; carrion crows will eat the ones who die in the country.”
1 Kings 16:4 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone belonging to him who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”
1 Kings 16:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat anyone belonging to him who dies in the field.”
1 Kings 16:4 NET (New English Translation)
Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”