1 Kings 1:29
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New International Version (©2011)
The king then took an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

New Living Translation (©2007)
And the king repeated his vow: "As surely as the LORD lives, who has rescued me from every danger,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The king swore an oath and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

International Standard Version (©2012)
"As the LORD lives," the king said with an oath, "who has redeemed me from all sorts of troubles,

NET Bible (©2006)
The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the LORD lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
and he swore an oath. He said, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD who has saved my life from all trouble lives,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

American King James Version
And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

American Standard Version
And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king swore and said: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,

Darby Bible Translation
And the king swore, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

English Revised Version
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king swore, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

World English Bible
The king swore, and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Young's Literal Translation
And the king sweareth and saith, 'Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:11-31 Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Re 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 29. - And the king sware [see on ver., 51] and said, As the Lord liveth [or "by the life of Jehovah." Cf. "by the life of Pharaoh" (Genesis 42:15). This was the common form of oath. See, e.g., 1 Kings 2:24; Judges 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:24; 1 Samuel 29:6; and especially Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2; Hosea 4:15. It is characteristic of David to introduce into the formula some such clause as the following], that hath redeemed my soul [i.e., life] out of all distress. Same expression as in 2 Samuel 4:9. Similar expressions are found in Psalm 25:22, and Psalm 34:22. The repeated deliverance out of straits and danger - "out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul" - was one of the most remarkable features of David's life, and it is no wonder that he repeatedly commemorates it, converting every adjuration into an act of thanksgiving. Similarly, Jacob (Genesis 48:16.)

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king sware,.... To his former oath, he added another for greater confirmation:

and said, as the Lord liveth; which was the proper form of an oath, which ought to be taken by the living God; and as what would lay him under the greater obligation to observe it, he adds,

that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress; saved his life when in the most imminent danger; delivered him out of the hand of Goliath, and from the Philistines and other enemies, in his wars with them; and from Saul and his persecuting rage and fury, and from the rebellion of his son Absalom, and the insurrection of Sheba.

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David Renews his Oath to Bathsheba
28Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30Even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

2 Samuel 4:9 David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,
1 Kings 1:28 Then King David said, "Call in Bathsheba." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.
Psalm 34:22 The LORD will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.