Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. “What is it you want?” the king asked. New Living Translation Bathsheba bowed down before the king. “What can I do for you?” he asked her. English Standard Version Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?” Berean Study Bible And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?” King James Bible And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? New King James Version And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, “What is your wish?” New American Standard Bible Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What is on your mind?” NASB 1995 Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?” NASB 1977 Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?” Amplified Bible So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?” Christian Standard Bible Bathsheba knelt low and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Bathsheba bowed down and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?” American Standard Version And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Bathsheba knelt down and she worshiped the King. The King said to her: “What concerns you, Bathsheba?” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request? Contemporary English Version and bowed down. "What can I do for you?" David asked. Douay-Rheims Bible Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will? Good News Translation Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?" International Standard Version Bathsheba knelt and bowed down to the king, and the king asked her, "What do you wish?" JPS Tanakh 1917 And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?' Literal Standard Version and Bathsheba bows and pays respect to the king, and the king says, “What do you [want]?” New American Bible Bathsheba bowed in homage to the king. The king said to her, “What do you wish?” NET Bible Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?" New Revised Standard Version Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, “What do you wish?” New Heart English Bible Bathsheba bowed, and showed respect to the king. The king said, "What would you like?" World English Bible Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?" Young's Literal Translation and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, 'What -- to thee?' Additional Translations ... Context Nathan and Bathsheba Before David…15So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him. 16 And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?” 17“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’… Cross References 1 Kings 1:15 So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him. 1 Kings 1:17 "My lord," she replied, "you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: 'Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.' Treasury of Scripture And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What would you? bowed 1 Kings 1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 1 Samuel 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 1 Samuel 24:8 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 stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. And the 1 Kings 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. Exodus 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. Matthew 20:21,32 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom…
Verse 16. - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance [cf. 2 Samuel 14:4. But we are hardly justified in seeing here "more than the ordinary Eastern salutation" (Rawlinson). The Jewish court seems to have been very ceremonious and stately (1 Samuel 24:8; 2 Samuel 19:24). The king was the representative of Heaven]. And the king said, What wouldest thou [marg., What to thee? Not necessarily, What thy supplication? (as Rawlinson). It rather means generally, "What thy business?" Quid tibi, not quid petis. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Bathshebaשֶׁ֔בַע (še·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1339: Bathsheba -- perhaps 'daughter of oath', the mother of Solomon bowed down וַתִּקֹּ֣ד (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 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 [who] הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king asked, וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is your desire?” לָּֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew Jump to Previous Bathsheba Bath-Sheba Bathshe'ba Bowed Boweth Desire Earth Face Herself Honour Knelt Low Obeisance Prostrated Want Wish WouldestJump to Next Bathsheba Bath-Sheba Bathshe'ba Bowed Boweth Desire Earth Face Herself Honour Knelt Low Obeisance Prostrated Want Wish WouldestLinks 1 Kings 1:16 NIV1 Kings 1:16 NLT 1 Kings 1:16 ESV 1 Kings 1:16 NASB 1 Kings 1:16 KJV 1 Kings 1:16 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 1:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 1:16 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 1:16 French Bible 1 Kings 1:16 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 1:16 Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
   
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