Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, come, let me advise you please, {that you may 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
International Standard Version
If you listen to me, you'll save your life and the life of your son Solomon.
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.
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 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, but our lord David does not know? 12 So then, come, let me advise you please, {that you may save} your life and the life of your son, Solomon. 13 Come, go to King David and say to him, 'Have you not, my lord the king, sworn to your servant, "Surely Solomon your son shall become king after me. And he will sit on my throne"? But why is Adonijah king?'
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Cross References
Genesis 19:17
And after bringing them outside [one] said, "Flee for your life; do not look behind you, and do not stand anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains lest you be destroyed."
Judges 9:5
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself.
1 Kings 1:21
It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be [considered as] sinners."
2 Kings 11:1
Now Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, so she prepared to destroy all of the offspring of the royal family.
2 Chronicles 21:4
When Jehoram ascended to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and murdered all his brothers with the sword, and even some of the princes of Israel.
2 Chronicles 22:10
Now [when] Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son [was] dead, she arose and murdered all the {royal descendants} of the house of Judah.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance, a nation shall fall, but [there is] safety in an abundance of counsel.
Proverbs 15:22
Plans go wrong when there is no counsel, but with many advisors it will succeed.
Proverbs 20:18
A plan will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.
Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
Jeremiah 38:15
And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not surely kill me? {Besides}, if I advise you, you will not listen to me.
Matthew 21:38
But [when] the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!'
Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these [men] remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!"