Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And it will be, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, my son Solomon and I shall be offenders.
New American Standard Bible
Otherwise it will come about,
King James Version
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Holman Bible
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers,
International Standard Version
Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors."
A Conservative Version
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be considered offenders.
American Standard Version
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Amplified
Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered
Bible in Basic English
For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
Darby Translation
Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.
Julia Smith Translation
And being when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, I and my son Solomon being the sinful.
King James 2000
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It shall be that when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be [considered as] sinners."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For else when my lord the king is laid to rest with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be sinners."
NET Bible
If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals."
New Heart English Bible
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals."
The Emphasized Bible
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, then shall I and my son Solomon be counted, offenders.
Webster
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
World English Bible
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon -- reckoned sinners.'
Themes
Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother
intercession » Instances of » Bath-sheba » For solomon
Kings » Should be » Reverenced
Politics » Ministers in » Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of david's successor
Politics » Women in » Bath-sheba, in securing the crown for solomon
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adonijah Tries To Become King
20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 And it will be, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, my son Solomon and I shall be offenders. 22 And lo, she was still talking with the king, and Nathan the prophet came in.
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Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:16
And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, into their midst. And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I made with them.
1 Kings 2:10
And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Genesis 15:15
And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall come out of your bowels. And I will make his kingdom sure.
1 Kings 2:15
And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's. For it was his from Jehovah.
1 Kings 2:22-24
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask the kingdom also for him. For he is my older brother! Even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!