Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.” “You may make it,” she said. New Living Translation So now I have just one favor to ask of you. Please don’t turn me down.” “What is it?” she asked. English Standard Version And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.” Berean Study Bible So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him. King James Bible And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. New King James Version Now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me.” And she said to him, “Say it.” New American Standard Bible So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” NASB 1995 “Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” NASB 1977 “And now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” Amplified Bible So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” Christian Standard Bible So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.” She said to him, “Go on.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.” She said to him, “Go on.” American Standard Version And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And now one request I ask you; do not turn away my face.” And she said to him: “Speak.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak on. Contemporary English Version Would you do me a favor?" "What do you want?" Bathsheba asked. Douay-Rheims Bible Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on. Good News Translation And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me." "What is it?" Bathsheba asked. International Standard Version So now I'm asking one thing from you. Don't refuse me." "Talk," she told him. JPS Tanakh 1917 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.' Literal Standard Version and now, I am asking one petition of you—do not turn back my face”; and she says to him, “Speak.” New American Bible But now there is one favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.” And she said, “Speak on.” NET Bible Now I'd like to ask you for just one thing. Please don't refuse me." She said, "Go ahead and ask." New Revised Standard Version And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Go on.” New Heart English Bible Now I ask one petition of you. Do not deny me." She said to him, "Say on." World English Bible Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me." She said to him, "Say on." Young's Literal Translation and now, one petition I am asking of thee -- turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.' Additional Translations ... Context The Execution of Adonijah…15“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD. 16So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him. 17Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”… Cross References 1 Kings 2:15 "You know that the kingship was mine," he said. "All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD. 1 Kings 2:17 Adonijah replied, "Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife." 1 Kings 2:20 "I have just one small request of you," she said. "Do not deny me." "Make your request, my mother," the king replied, "for I will not deny you." Treasury of Scripture And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on. Psalm 132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. Proverbs 30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
Verse 16. - And now I ask one petition of thee [Heb. request one request] deny me not [marg., "turn not away my face." Better, Turn not back, i.e., repulse not. Rawlinson paraphrases, "Make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused;" but this is not the idea of the original, which means, Reject me not; send me not away. In the Heb. "face" often stands for "person," for eyes (ver. 15), looks, mien]. And she said unto him, Say on. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So nowוְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time I אָֽנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I have just one אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first request שְׁאֵלָ֤ה (šə·’ê·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7596: Request, thing asked for of you; מֵֽאִתָּ֔ךְ (mê·’it·tāḵ) Preposition-m | Direct object marker | second person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not deny תָּשִׁ֖בִי (tā·ši·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again me.” פָּנָ֑י (pā·nāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face “State [your request],” דַּבֵּֽר׃ (dab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue she told וַתֹּ֥אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say him. אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Jump to Previous Deny Face Making Petition Refuse Request Speak TurnJump to Next Deny Face Making Petition Refuse Request Speak TurnLinks 1 Kings 2:16 NIV1 Kings 2:16 NLT 1 Kings 2:16 ESV 1 Kings 2:16 NASB 1 Kings 2:16 KJV 1 Kings 2:16 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 2:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 2:16 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 2:16 French Bible 1 Kings 2:16 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 2:16 Now I ask one petition of you (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |