1 Kings 21:5
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New International Version (©2011)
His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, "Why are you so sullen? Why won't you eat?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
"What's the matter?" his wife Jezebel asked him. "What's made you so upset that you're not eating?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, "Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat?""

International Standard Version (©2012)
But his wife Jezebel went to him and asked him, "How is it that you're so sullen and refusing to eat?"

NET Bible (©2006)
Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, "Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
His wife Jezebel came to him and asked, "Why are you so resentful of everything? Why don't you eat?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

American King James Version
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

American Standard Version
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved? and why eatest thou no bread ?

Darby Bible Translation
And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?

English Revised Version
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

Webster's Bible Translation
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

World English Bible
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?"

Young's Literal Translation
And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'What is this? -- thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:5-16 When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done under colour of justice, and with the formalities of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not always be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad [same word as in ver. 4], that thou eatest no bread? [It would seem that the queen missed him from the banqueting hall - he can hardly, therefore, have lain down on one of the divans or couches therein - and went to his bedroom to inquire the reason.]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Jezebel his wife came unto him, and said, why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? She perceived he was low spirited, and supposed he had met with something that had ruffled him, and made him so uneasy that he could not eat his food; and she desired to know what it was, that she might relieve him if possible.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

1Ki 21:5-16. Jezebel Causes Naboth to Be Stoned.

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Ahab Covets Naboth's Vineyard
…4And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread? 6And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. …

1 Kings 21:4 So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors." He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat.
1 Kings 21:6 He answered her, "Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, 'Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'"