1 Kings 1:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֕ה לְכִ֛י אִיעָצֵ֥ךְ נָ֖א עֵצָ֑ה וּמַלְּטִי֙ אֶת־נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ וְאֶת־נֶ֥פֶשׁ בְּנֵ֖ךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

Transliteration

And now, halak and I will ya'ats you na etsah, and malat et-your nefesh and et-nefesh of your ben Shelomoh.

Grammar Details

• *halak*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - go
• *ya'ats*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - I will advise you
• *na*: particle of entreaty - please
• *etsah*: noun, feminine, singular - advice/counsel
• *malat*: verb, piel imperative, feminine singular - save/rescue
• *et*: direct object marker
• *nefesh*: noun, feminine, singular construct - life/soul of
• *ben*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your son
• *Shelomoh*: proper noun - Solomon

Word Meanings

• *i'atsek na etsah*: let me give you advice/let me counsel you
• *malti et-nafshek*: save your life/rescue your soul
• *nefesh bnek*: life of your son/soul of your son

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  "Now go, please, let me advise you so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Come now therfore, I wyll geue the councell, that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now therefore come, and I will now giue thee counsell, howe to saue thine owne life, and the life of thy sonne Salomon.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therfore come, and I will geue thee counsell howe to saue thyne owne lyfe, and the lyfe of thy sonne Solomon.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.
• Judg 9:5 : 5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself.
• 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.
• 2 Kgs 11:1 : 1 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal descendants.
• 2 Chr 21:4 : 4 When Jehoram had ascended to his father's kingdom, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.
• 2 Chr 22:10 : 10 But when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal lineage of the house of Judah.
• Prov 11:14 : 14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
• Prov 15:22 : 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
• Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice make war.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
• Jer 38:15 : 15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, will you not listen to me?
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.
• Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.