Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If you listen to me, you'll save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
New American Standard Bible
So now come, please let me
King James Version
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Holman Bible
Now please come and let me advise
A Conservative Version
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou may save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
American Standard Version
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Amplified
Come now, please let me advise you and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
Bible in Basic English
So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.
Darby Translation
And now, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Julia Smith Translation
Come now, advising, I will now advise thee, and save thou thy soul and the soul of thy son Solomon.
King James 2000
Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, come, let me advise you please, {that you may save} your life and the life of your son, Solomon.
Modern King James verseion
And now come, please let me give you counsel, and save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now therefore come, that I may give thee counsel how to save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon.
NET Bible
Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon's life.
New Heart English Bible
Now therefore come, please let me give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, come; let me give thee counsel, I pray thee, - so shalt thou rescue thine own life, and the life of thy son, Solomon.
Webster
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thy own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
World English Bible
Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon;
Themes
Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother
Politics » Ministers in » Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of david's successor
Interlinear
Yalak
Ya`ats
Malat
Nephesh
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adonijah Tries To Become King
11 "Haven't you heard?" Nathan asked Solomon's mother Bathsheba. "Haggith's son Adonijah has become king and David, our true king, isn't aware of it. 12 If you listen to me, you'll save your life and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Go right now to King David and ask him, "Your majesty, you promised your servant that "Your son Solomon will certainly become king after me and will sit on my throne," didn't you? So why has Adonijah become king?'
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 19:17
Then one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere on the plain. Escape to the hills, or you'll be swept away!"
Judges 9:5
to his father's house in Ophrah. There he murdered his own brothers, Jerubbaal's sons all 70 of them in one place. But Jerubbaal's youngest son Jotham survived by hiding himself.
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors."
2 Kings 11:1
As soon as Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned that her son had died, she seized the throne and executed the entire royal bloodline.
2 Chronicles 21:4
But after Jehoram had assumed the throne and consolidated his rule over his father's kingdom, he executed all of his brothers, along with some of the rulers of Israel.
2 Chronicles 22:10
As soon as Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned that her son had died, she set out to destroy the entire royal family of Judah.
Proverbs 11:14
A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail without advice, but with many counselors they are confirmed.
Proverbs 20:18
Make plans by seeking advice; make war by obtaining guidance.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend's advice is sweet to the soul.
Jeremiah 38:15
Jeremiah told Zedekiah, "When I tell you, you will surely put me to death, won't you? And when I give you advice, you don't listen to me."
Matthew 21:38
But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'
Acts 27:31
Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men remain onboard, you cannot be saved."