1 Kings 1:31
World English Bible (WEB)
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”
In context
29 The king vowed and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
30 most certainly as I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”
32 King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.
33 The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:31 in every translation
- 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!”
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May 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.