1 Kings 1:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground to pay homage to the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Bath-sheba{H1339} bowed{H6915} with her face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and did obeisance{H7812} to the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} Let my lord{H113} king{H4428} David{H1732} live{H2421} for ever.{H5769}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Bathsheba{H1339} bowed{H6915}{(H8799)} with her face{H639} to the earth{H776}, and did reverence{H7812}{(H8691)} to the king{H4428}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let my lord{H113} king{H4428} David{H1732} live{H2421}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde, and thanked the kynge and sayde: God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Bath-sheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reuerence vnto the King, and said, God saue my lord King Dauid for euer.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then Bethsabe bowed on her face to the earth, and dyd reuerence vnto the king, & sayde: I pray God that my lorde king Dauid may lyue for euer.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 2:4 : 4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
  • Dan 3:9 : 9 They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.
  • Dan 5:10 : 10 Now the queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet hall. The queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
  • Dan 6:6 : 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.
  • Dan 6:21 : 21 Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.
  • Neh 2:3 : 3 And said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed and reverenced Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow, nor did he show reverence.
  • 2 Sam 9:6 : 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell on his face, and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant!
  • 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.
  • Matt 21:37 : 37 But last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 1:11-17
    7 verses
    87%

    11 Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord does not know it?

    12 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.

    13 Go and approach King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?

    14 Behold, while you yet speak there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.

    15 And Bathsheba went to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.

    16 And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What do you wish?

    17 And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-30
    4 verses
    82%

    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

    28 Then King David answered and said, Call Bathsheba to me. And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.

    29 And the king swore and said, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

    30 even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place; even so will I certainly do this day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
    81%

    32 And King David said, Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada to me. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
    3 verses
    79%

    46 And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

    47 Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

    48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-20
    4 verses
    78%

    17 And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.

    18 And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.

    19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and had a seat set for the king's mother; and she sat at his right hand.

    20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; please do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    77%

    20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the assembly blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshiped the LORD, and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-24
    5 verses
    76%

    20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    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.

    22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

    23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

    24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    74%

    8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and showed respect.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-37
    3 verses
    74%

    35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

    36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen. May the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

    37 As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    73%

    10 Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly: and David said, Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel our Father, forever and ever.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
    72%

    24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

  • 1 Sam 25:41
    72%

    41 And she arose and bowed herself with her face to the ground, and said, Behold, let your maidservant be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    72%

    45 And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    72%

    53 So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    72%

    4 And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    71%

    20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    71%

    21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    71%

    15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
    71%

    14 And the king turned his face around and blessed all the congregation of Israel; (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    71%

    12 Then the woman said, Let your maidservant, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak on.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

    14 He said moreover, I have something to say unto you. And she said, Speak on.

  • 2 Sam 15:21
    70%

    21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

  • 2 Chr 6:3
    70%

    3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his place.

    9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
    70%

    3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    70%

    23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have said.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    70%

    17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.