1 Kings 18:9
 1 Kings 18:9 
New International Version (©2011)
"What have I done wrong," asked Obadiah, "that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Oh, sir," Obadiah protested, "what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said, “How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

International Standard Version (©2012)
But Obadiah replied, "What did I do wrong, that you would put me in a position where Ahab would execute me?

NET Bible (©2006)
Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Obadiah asked, "What have I done wrong to make you hand me over to Ahab to be killed?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said, How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

American King James Version
And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

American Standard Version
And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver me thy servant into the hand of Achab, that he should kill me?

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?

English Revised Version
And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me?

World English Bible
He said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:1-16 The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying Spirit of God, can purge away its pollution. The priests and the Levites were gone to Judah and Jerusalem, 2Ch 11:13,14, but instead of them God raised up prophets, who read and expounded the word. They probably were from the schools of the prophets, first set up by Samuel. They had not the spirit of prophecy as Elijah, but taught the people to keep close to the God of Israel. These Jezebel sought to destroy. The few that escaped death were forced to hide themselves. God has his remnant among all sorts, high and low; and that faith, fear, and love of his name, which are the fruits of the Holy Spirit, will be accepted through the Redeemer. See how wonderfully God raises up friends for his ministers and people, for their shelter in difficult times. Bread and water were now scarce, yet Obadiah will find enough for God's prophets, to keep them alive. Ahab's care was not to lose all the beasts; but he took no care about his soul, not to lose that. He took pains to seek grass, but none to seek the favour of God; fencing against the effect, but not inquiring how to remove the cause. But it bodes well with a people, when God calls his ministers to stand forth, and show themselves. And we may the better endure the bread of affliction, while our eyes see our teachers.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver [Heb. that thou art giving] thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, what have I sinned,.... Or in what have I offended God or his prophet, that revenge should be taken on me in this way:

that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me? for that he supposed would be the consequence of it, as he argues and more plainly expresses his sense in the following words.


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Elijah Confronts Ahab
8And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found you not. …

1 Kings 18:8 "Yes," he replied. "Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here.'"
1 Kings 18:10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.