Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

New American Standard Bible

The king vowed and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

King James Version

And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Holman Bible

The king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

International Standard Version

"As the LORD lives," the king said with an oath, "who has redeemed me from all sorts of troubles,

A Conservative Version

And the king swore, and said, As LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

American Standard Version

And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Amplified

Then the king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul from all distress,

Darby Translation

And the king swore, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will swear, and say, Jehovah lives who redeemed my soul from all straits.

King James 2000

And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the king swore and said, "{As Yahweh lives}, who has saved my life from all trouble,

Modern King James verseion

And the king swore, and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king sware, saying, "As sure as the LORD, that hath rid my soul out of all adversity, liveth:

NET Bible

The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

New Heart English Bible

And the king vowed, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

The Emphasized Bible

And the king sware, and said, - By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my life out of every strait,

Webster

And the king swore, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

World English Bible

The king swore, and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king sweareth and saith, 'Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

and said

Usage: 0

As the Lord

Usage: 0

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

פּדה 
Padah 
Usage: 61

my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

References

Context Readings

Solomon Confirmed King

28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king. 29 And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles, 30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:9

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

Genesis 48:16

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

Judges 8:19

And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

1 Samuel 14:39

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

1 Samuel 14:45

And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

1 Samuel 19:6

And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

1 Samuel 20:21

And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

2 Samuel 12:5

And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

1 Kings 2:24

Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

1 Kings 18:10

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

2 Kings 4:30

But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

2 Kings 5:16

But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

Psalm 34:19-22

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Psalm 72:14

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

Psalm 136:24

And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 138:7

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

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