1 Kings 1:31
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
In context
29 And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
30 I 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.”
31 Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
32 Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
33 “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:31 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB 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!”
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.