Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Two things I asked from thee, thou wilt not withhold from me before I shall die:

New American Standard Bible

Two things I asked of You,
Do not refuse me before I die:

King James Version

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Holman Bible

Two things I ask of You;
don’t deny them to me before I die:

International Standard Version

God, I have asked you for two things don't refuse me before I die

A Conservative Version

Two things I have asked of thee, deny me not before I die:

American Standard Version

Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die:

Amplified


Two things I have asked of You;
Do not deny them to me before I die:

Bible in Basic English

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

Darby Translation

Two things do I ask of thee; deny me them not before I die:

King James 2000

Two things have I required of you; deny me not them before I die:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Two things I ask from you; do not deny me before I die:

Modern King James verseion

I have asked two things from You; do not deny them before I die;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Two things I require of thee, that thou will not deny me before I die.

NET Bible

Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die:

New Heart English Bible

"Two things I have asked of you; do not deny me before I die:

The Emphasized Bible

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

Webster

Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die:

World English Bible

"Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die:

Youngs Literal Translation

Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Two
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

of thee deny
מנע 
mana` 
Usage: 29

References

Context Readings

A Prayer

6 Thou shalt not add to his words lest he reprove in thee, and thou wert false. 7 Two things I asked from thee, thou wilt not withhold from me before I shall die: 8 Vanity and the word of falsehood remove far from me; thou wilt not give to me poverty and riches; feed me with bread of my allowance:



Cross References

1 Kings 3:5-9

In the hill Jehovah was seen to Solomon in a dream at night: and God will say, Ask what I shall give to thee.

2 Kings 2:9

And it will be as they passed through and Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee before I shall be taken from thee. And Elisha will say, Now shall the mouth of two in thy spirit be to me.

Psalm 21:2

The desire of his heart thou gavest to him, and the longing of his lips thou didst not withhold. Silence.

Psalm 27:4

I asked one from Jehovah, I will seek it; I sat in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple.

Luke 10:42

And of one thing there is need : and Mary has chosen the 'good part which shall not betaken away from her.

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