Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"

New American Standard Bible

Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”

King James Version

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Holman Bible

Bathsheba bowed down and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”

International Standard Version

Bathsheba knelt and bowed down to the king, and the king asked her, "What do you wish?"

A Conservative Version

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What do thou want?

American Standard Version

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Amplified

So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”

Bible in Basic English

And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

Darby Translation

And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Julia Smith Translation

And Bath-sheba will bow and worship to the king, and the king will say, What to thee?

King James 2000

And Bath-sheba bowed, and knelt before the king. And the king said, What would you?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, "{What do you want}?"

Modern King James verseion

And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Bathsheba stooped and made obeisance unto the king. And the king said, "What is thy matter?"

NET Bible

Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?"

New Heart English Bible

Bathsheba bowed, and showed respect to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"

The Emphasized Bible

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did homage unto the king, - and the king said - What aileth thee?

Webster

And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

Youngs Literal Translation

and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, 'What -- to thee?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּת־שׁבע 
Bath-Sheba` 
Usage: 11

קדד 
Qadad 
Usage: 15

שׁחה 
Shachah 
Usage: 171

unto the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

References

Context Readings

Adonijah Tries To Become King

15 Bathsheba went in to the king into the room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king. 16 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?" 17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.

1 Samuel 24:8

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

1 Kings 1:23

They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 2:20

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

Esther 7:2

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, "What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."

Matthew 20:21

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

Matthew 20:32

Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

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