Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.

New American Standard Bible

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

King James Version

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

International Standard Version

"You have demonstrated abundant gracious love to your servant David, my father, as he lived in your presence truthfully, righteously, and uprightly in his heart. In addition, you have kept on showing this abundant gracious love by giving him a son to sit on his throne today. Now, LORD my God, you have set me as king to replace my father David, but I'm still young. I don't have any leadership skills.

A Conservative Version

And now, O LORD my God, thou have made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

American Standard Version

And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

Amplified

So now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of David my father; and as for me, I am but a little boy [in wisdom and experience]; I do not know how to go out or come in [that is, how to conduct business as a king].

Bible in Basic English

And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

Darby Translation

And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.

Julia Smith Translation

And now, Jehovah my God, thou madest thy servant king instead of David my father and I a little boy, shall not know to go out and come in.

King James 2000

And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father [though] I [am] a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in.

Modern King James verseion

And now, O Jehovah my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father. And I am a little child; I do not know to go out or come in!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And now LORD, my God, it is thou that hast made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am a young lad and know not how to order myself.

NET Bible

Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

New Heart English Bible

Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father, - and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in.

Webster

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

World English Bible

Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don't know how to go out or come in.

Youngs Literal Translation

And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I am a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And now, O Lord

Usage: 0

my God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

and I am but a little
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 239

not how to go out
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

References

Context Readings

Solomon Requests Wisdom From God

6 And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today. 7 Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership. 8 Your servant is among Your people You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted.



Cross References

Numbers 27:17

who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.”

1 Chronicles 29:1

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

Jeremiah 1:6

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Deuteronomy 31:2

saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader. The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan.’

1 Samuel 18:16

But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was leading their troops.

2 Samuel 5:2

Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”

Job 32:6-8

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth
and your princes feast in the morning.

Daniel 2:21

He changes the times and seasons;
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those
who have understanding.

Daniel 4:25

You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants.

Daniel 4:32

You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants.”

Daniel 5:18

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 5:21

He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of men and sets anyone He wants over it.

Matthew 18:3-4

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

John 10:3-4

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

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