Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

King James Version

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

Holman Bible

Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

International Standard Version

and told him, "I would like to make a minor request of you. Please don't refuse me." "What is your request, mother?" the king asked her. "I won't turn you down."

A Conservative Version

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.

American Standard Version

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

Amplified

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

Bible in Basic English

Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

Darby Translation

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will say, One small asking I ask from thee; thou wilt not turn away my face. And the king will say to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

King James 2000

Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say not nay to me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say nay to you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

She said, "I have one small request I am asking from you. Do {not refuse me}." The king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will {not refuse you}."

Modern King James verseion

And she said, I desire one small favor of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then she said, "I must desire a little petition of thee: say me not nay." And the king said unto her, "Ask on my mother: for I will not say thee nay."

NET Bible

She said, "I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don't refuse me." He said, "Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you."

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Then said she - One small request, am I asking of thee, do not turn away my face. And the king said to her - Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

Webster

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, deny me not. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee.

World English Bible

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."

Youngs Literal Translation

And she saith, 'One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, 'Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I desire
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

שׁלה שׁאלה 
Sh@'elah 
Usage: 14

of thee I pray thee, say
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

me
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

not nay
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

unto her, Ask on
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

my mother
אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

for I will not say
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

Context Readings

Solomon Secures The Throne

19 Bathsheba, therefore, went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” 21 And she said, Let Abishag, the Shunammite, be given to Adonijah, thy brother, to wife.



Cross References

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;

Matthew 10:35-36

For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Matthew 11:24

Therefore I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

Matthew 18:19

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 20:20-21

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him.

Luke 11:9-10

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

John 2:3-4

And being short of wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, They have no wine.

John 14:13-14

And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:16

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it unto you.

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