Nathan and Bathsheba before David
1 Kings 1:27
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
- KJV
- Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- WEB
- Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
- ASV
- Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- LSV
- if this thing has been from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who sits on the throne of my lord the king after him.”
- YLT
- if from my lord the king this thing hath been, then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.'
- DBY
- Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewn to thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- DRC
- Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- GNV
- Is this thing done by my lord the King, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sitte on the throne of my lorde the King after him?
- JPS
- Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not declared unto thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?'
- LXXE
- Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?Gr. if.
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- Written (Ketiv): עַבְדֶּיךָ (“servants your”). Read aloud (Qere): עַבְדְּךָ֔ (“servant your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads עַבְדְּיךָ֔; read aloud (Qere) reads עַבְדְּךָ֔ (“servant your”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אִ֗ם מֵאֵת֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ נִהְיָ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הוֹדַ֨עְתָּ֙ אֶֽת־עבדיך מִ֗י יֵשֵׁ֛ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אַחֲרָֽיו׃Read aloud as (qere): עַבְדְּךָ֔
- LXX-Br
- Εἰ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ βασιλέως γέγονε τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώρισας τῷ δούλῳ σου τίς καθήσεται ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον τοῦ κυρίου μου βασιλέως μετʼ αὐτόν;
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me…
- 1 Kings 1:24“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).