1 Kings 2:43

Bible in Basic English

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So why have you not kept the Lord’s oath and the command that I gave you?”

Hebrew Names Version
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the mitzvah that I have charged you with?

King James Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord , and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

English Standard Version
Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?"

New Century Version
Why did you break your promise to the Lord and disobey my command?"

New English Translation
Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?"

Amplified Bible
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I gave you?"

New American Standard Bible
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I imposed on you?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lorde, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

Legacy Standard Bible
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the command which I have commanded you?"

Contemporary English Version
You have disobeyed me and have broken the promise you made to the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
Why, then, haven't you kept the oath of Adonai and the mitzvah I charged you with?"

Darby Translation
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?

Easy-to-Read Version
So why didn't you obey me? Why did you break your promise to the Lord ?

George Lamsa Translation
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have charged you with?

Good News Translation
Why, then, have you broken your promise and disobeyed my command?

Lexham English Bible
Why have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the command which I commanded you?"

Literal Translation
And why have you not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I commanded you?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE, and commaundement that I commaunded the?

American Standard Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Why then hast thou not kept the oth of the Lorde, and the commaundement that I charged thee withall?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?'

King James Version (1611)
Why then hast thou not kept the Oath of the Lord, and the commandement that I haue charged thee with?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded thee?

English Revised Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Berean Standard Bible
So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whi therfor keptist thou not the ooth of the Lord, and the comaundement which Y comaundide to thee?

Young's Literal Translation
and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?'

Update Bible Version
Why then haven't you kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

Webster's Bible Translation
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

World English Bible
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

New King James Version
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I gave you?"

New Living Translation
Then why haven't you kept your oath to the Lord and obeyed my command?"

New Life Bible
Then why have you not kept the promise of the Lord? Why have you not done what I told you?"

New Revised Standard
Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I charged you?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Why then, hast thou not kept the oath of Yahweh, - and the charge which I laid upon thee?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?

Revised Standard Version
Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I charged you?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I have laid on you?"

Contextual Overview

³⁵ And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar. ³⁶ Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place. ³⁷ For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head. ³⁸ And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem. ³⁹ But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath. ⁴⁰ Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath. ⁴¹ And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again. ⁴² Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well! ⁴³ Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you? ⁴⁴ And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: 2 Samuel 21:2, Ezekiel 17:18, Ezekiel 17:19

commandment: 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Romans 13:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:11 - an oath of the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord,.... Which was made by him, and in his presence, and in which he was appealed to, and so by not keeping it was guilty of perjury:

and the commandment that I have charged thee with? and so guilty of disobedience to him as his sovereign; for which two reasons he ought to die.