1 Kings 20:18
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.In other versions
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
ASV
And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
BBE
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
DBY
He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
WEB
And he saith, `If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'
YLT
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
ENG
And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
WBT
“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
BSB
In context
16And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.