1 Kings 2:16

Bishop's Bible

And nowe I aske a petition of thee, deny me not. And she sayde vnto him: Say on.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.”

Hebrew Names Version
Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.

King James Version
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

English Standard Version
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak."

New Century Version
Now I have one thing to ask you; please do not refuse me." Bathsheba answered, "What do you want?"

New English Translation
Now I'd like to ask you for just one thing. Please don't refuse me." She said, "Go ahead and ask."

Amplified Bible
"So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

New American Standard Bible
"So now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not. And she said vnto him, Say on.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, I am making one request of you; do not turn me away." And she said to him, "Speak."

Contemporary English Version
Would you do me a favor?" "What do you want?" Bathsheba asked.

Complete Jewish Bible
But now I ask one favor of you; don't deny me." "Go on," she said.

Darby Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

Easy-to-Read Version
But now I have one thing to ask you. Please don't refuse me." Bathsheba answered, "What do you want?"

George Lamsa Translation
And now I make one petition of you, do not refuse me. 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.

Lexham English Bible
Now one request I am asking from you, and you must not refuse me." Then she said to him, "Go on."

Literal Translation
And now I am asking one petition of you. Do not turn away your face. And she said to him, Speak.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now desyre I one peticion of the, Make not my face ashamed. She sayde vnto him: Saye on.

American Standard Version
And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Bible in Basic English
Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.'

King James Version (1611)
And now I aske one petition of thee, deny me not. And she saide vnto him, Say on.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak on.

English Revised Version
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Berean Standard Bible
So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me." "State your request," she told him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor Y preye of the oon axyng; schende thou not my face. And sche seide to hym, Speke thou. And he seide, Y preie,

Young's Literal Translation
and now, one petition I am asking of thee -- turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, `Speak.'

Update Bible Version
And now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. And she said to him, Say on.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And 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.

New King James Version
Now I ask one petition of you; do not deny me." And she said to him, "Say it."

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.

New Life Bible
Now I have one thing to ask of you. Do not say no to me." And she said to him, "Speak."

New Revised Standard
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Go on."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, one request, have I to ask of thee, do not turn away my face.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

Revised Standard Version
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Say on."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

Contextual Overview

¹² Then sate Solomon vpon the seate of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightyly. ¹³ And Adonia the sonne of Haggith came to Bethsabe the mother of Solomon, and she sayde: Comest thou peaceably? And he sayde, peaceably. ¹⁴ He sayde moreouer: I haue somwhat to say vnto thee. She sayd: Say on. ¹⁵ And he sayd: Thou knowest that the kingdome was myne, & that all Israel set their faces on me, that I shoulde raigne: howbeit, the kingdome is turned away, and geuen to my brother: for it is appoynted him of the Lorde. ¹⁶ And nowe I aske a petition of thee, deny me not. And she sayde vnto him: Say on. ¹⁷ And he said: Speake I pray thee, vnto Solomo the king (for he wil not say thee nay) that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe. ¹⁸ And Bethsabe sayd: Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the king. ¹⁹ Bethsabe therfore went vnto king Solomon, to speake vnto him for Adonia: And the king rose vp to meete her, and bowed him selfe vnto her, and sate hym downe on his seate, & there was a seate set for the kinges mother, & she sate on his right syde. ²⁰ Then she sayd: I desire a litle petition of thee, I pray thee say me not nay. And the king sayd vnto her: Aske on, my mother, for I wil not say thee nay. ²¹ She sayde: Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

deny me not: Heb. turn not away my face, Psalms 132:10, Proverbs 30:7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:42 - General Mark 10:35 - we would

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
The heauens also & the earth were finisshed, & all the hoast of them.

Genesis 2:2
And in the seuenth day God ended his worke whiche he had made. And the seueth day he rested from all his worke which he had made.

Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel sayde: Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges, as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, is better then the fat of rammes.

1 Timothy 4:4
For euery creature of God [is] good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

deny me not, or "turn not away my face" t; with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:

and she said unto him, say on; let me hear it.

t תשיבי את פני "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deny me not - literally, as in the margin, i. e. “make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused.”