Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
New American Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself
King James Version
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
Holman Bible
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king,
International Standard Version
"King David," Bathsheba said as she bowed low in front of the king with her face to the ground, "your majesty, may you live forever."
A Conservative Version
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
American Standard Version
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
Amplified
Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, and laid herself face down before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Bible in Basic English
Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
And Bath-sheba will bow the face to the earth and worship to the king, and say, My lord king David shall live forever,
King James 2000
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and knelt before to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Bathsheba knelt with her face to the ground and did obeisance to the king, and she said, "May my lord, King David, live forever."
Modern King James verseion
And Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, even kneeling to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Bathsheba bowed on her face to the earth and did obeisance unto the king, and said, "I pray God my lord king David may live ever."
NET Bible
Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!"
New Heart English Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever."
The Emphasized Bible
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did homage unto the king, - and said - Let my lord, King David, live to times age-abiding!
Webster
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
World English Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"
Youngs Literal Translation
And Bath-Sheba boweth -- face to the earth -- and doth obeisance to the king, and saith, 'Let my lord, king David, live to the age.'
Themes
Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother
intercession » Instances of » Bath-sheba » For solomon
King » Ceremonial recognition of » Prostration
King » Influential queens » Bath-sheba
Politics » Ministers in » Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of david's successor
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Confirmed King
30 even as I swore to thee by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
Cross References
Daniel 2:4
And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Daniel 3:9
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
Nehemiah 2:3
And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
Daniel 5:10
the queen, by reason of the words of the king And his nobles, came into the banquet-house. the queen spoke And said, O king, live for ever!let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed.
Daniel 6:6
Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!
Daniel 6:21
Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!
2 Samuel 9:6
And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, Behold thy servant!
1 Kings 1:25
For he is gone down this day, and has sacrificed oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah!
Esther 3:2
And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
Matthew 21:37
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
Ephesians 5:33
But ye also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife I speak that she may fear the husband.
Hebrews 12:9
Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?