Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” New Living Translation Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!” English Standard Version Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” Berean Standard Bible Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and paid homage to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!” New American Standard Bible Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.” NASB 1995 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.” NASB 1977 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.” Legacy Standard Bible Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.” Amplified Bible Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, and laid herself face down before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” Christian Standard Bible Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Bathsheba bowed down on her face on the floor and she worshiped before the King, and she said: “Let my Lord King David live for eternity!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. Contemporary English Version Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I pray that you will live a long time!" Douay-Rheims Bible And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face touching the ground in front of the king. "May Your Majesty, King David, live forever!" she said. Good News Translation Bathsheba bowed low and said, "May my lord the king live forever!" International Standard Version "King David," Bathsheba said as she bowed low in front of the king with her face to the ground, "your majesty, may you live forever." JPS Tanakh 1917 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and prostrated herself to the king, and said: 'Let my lord king David live for ever.' Literal Standard Version And Bathsheba bows—face to the earth—and pays respect to the king, and says, “Let my lord, King David, live for all time.” Majority Standard Bible Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” New American Bible Bowing to the floor in homage to the king, Bathsheba said, “May my lord, King David, live forever!” NET Bible Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!" New Revised Standard Version Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” New Heart English Bible Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever." Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!” Young's Literal Translation 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.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Renews His Oath to Bathsheba…30I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.” 31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” Cross References 1 Samuel 24:8 After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence Daniel 2:4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation." Daniel 3:9 saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, may you live forever! Treasury of Scripture 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. did reverence 2 Samuel 9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! Esther 3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. Matthew 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. Let my 1 Kings 1:25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. Nehemiah 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Daniel 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. Jump to Previous Age Bathsheba Bath-Sheba Bathshe'ba Bowed Boweth David Earth Face Forever Ground Herself Honour Kneeling Live Obeisance Prostrated ReverenceJump to Next Age Bathsheba Bath-Sheba Bathshe'ba Bowed Boweth David Earth Face Forever Ground Herself Honour Kneeling Live Obeisance Prostrated Reverence1 Kings 1 1. Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age5. Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom 11. By the council of Nathan 15. Bathsheba moves the king 22. And Nathan seconds her 28. David renews his oath to Bathsheba 32. Solomon, by David's appointment, 38. being anointed king by Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph 41. Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's guests fly 50. Adonijah, flying to the horns of the altar, is dismissed by Solomon Verse 31. - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king [see on vers. 16, 23], and said, Let my lord king David live forever. [This hyperbolical expression is here only used of a Hebrew monarch. It was constantly addressed to the Babylonian and Persian kings. See Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:9; Daniel 5:10; Daniel 6:21; Nehemiah 2:3. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Bathshebaשֶׁ֤בַע (še·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1339: Bathsheba -- perhaps 'daughter of oath', the mother of Solomon bowed וַתִּקֹּ֨ד (wat·tiq·qōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6915: To shrivel up, contract, bend the body, in deference facedown אַפַּ֙יִם֙ (’ap·pa·yim) Noun - md Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire in homage וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (wat·tiš·ta·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate to the king לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king and said, וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “May my lord אֲדֹנִ֛י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller King הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king David דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse live יְחִ֗י (yə·ḥî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive forever!” לְעֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Links 1 Kings 1:31 NIV1 Kings 1:31 NLT 1 Kings 1:31 ESV 1 Kings 1:31 NASB 1 Kings 1:31 KJV 1 Kings 1:31 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 1:31 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 1:31 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 1:31 French Bible 1 Kings 1:31 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |