1 Kings 1:16

Christian Standard Bible ®

Bathsheba knelt low and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What do you want?

New Living Translation
Bathsheba bowed down before the king. "What can I do for you?" he asked her.

English Revised Version
And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

New Century Version
Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. He asked, "What do you want?"

New English Translation
Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou?

World English Bible
Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

Amplified Bible
So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

English Standard Version
Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bersabee bowide hir silf, and worschipide the kyng; to whom the kyng seide, What wolt thou to thee?

Berean Standard Bible
And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, "What is your desire?"

Contemporary English Version
and bowed down. "What can I do for you?" David asked.

American Standard Version
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Bible in Basic English
And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

Complete Jewish Bible
Bat-Sheva bowed, prostrating herself to the king. The king asked, "What do you want?"

Darby Translation
And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Easy-to-Read Version
Bathsheba bowed down before the king. The king asked, "What can I do for you?"

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king. And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?'

King James Version (1611)
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeysance vnto the king: and the king said, What wouldest thou?

New Life Bible
Bathsheba put her face to the ground in front of the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

New Revised Standard
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you wish?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King. And the King saide, What is thy matter?

George Lamsa Translation
And Bath-sheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said to her, What troubles you, Bath-sheba?

Good News Translation
Bathsheba bowed low before the king, and he asked, "What do you want?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did homage unto the king, - and the king said - What aileth thee?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will?

Revised Standard Version
Bathshe'ba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, "What do you desire?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Bethsabe stouped & made obeysaunce vnto the king: And the king sayd, What is thy matter?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request?

Hebrew Names Version
Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

King James Version
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

Lexham English Bible
Bathsheba knelt and bowed down before the king, and the king asked, "What do you want?"

Literal Translation
And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

Young's Literal Translation
and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What -- to thee?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Bethseba bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge.The kynge sayde: What wilt thou?

New American Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What is on your mind?"

New King James Version
And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. Then the king said, "What is your wish?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

Contextual Overview

¹¹Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it? ¹²Now please come and let me advise you. Save your life and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³Go, approach King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king?’ ¹⁴At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.” ¹⁵So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was attending to him. ¹⁶Bathsheba knelt low and paid homage to the king, and he asked, “What do you want?”¹⁷She replied, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.’ ¹⁸Now look, Adonijah has become king. And, my lord the king, you didn’t know it. ¹⁹He has lavishly sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. He invited all the king’s sons, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army, but he did not invite your servant Solomon. ²⁰Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bowed: 1 Kings 1:23, 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 25:23

And the: 1 Kings 2:20, Esther 7:2, Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:32

What wouldest thou: Heb. What to thee

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:28 - made obeisance 1 Kings 1:53 - bowed himself

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years.

Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the stars in the sky—do not be led astray to bow in worship to them and serve them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

Job 31:26
if I have gazed at the sun when it was shiningor at the moon moving in splendor,

Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang togetherand all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I observe your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you set in place,

Psalms 19:6
It rises from one end of the heavensand circles to their other end;nothing is hidden from its heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king,.... Not only as being her husband, but her sovereign; and this behaviour might intimate, that she had something to say to him, and more than to inquire of his health:

and the king said, wouldest thou? what hast thou to say to me? or to ask of me? what is thy will and pleasure, or thine errand to me?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bath-sheba bowed, like the woman of Tekoah 2 Samuel 14:4, with the humble prostration of a suppliant. Hence, the king’s question, “What wouldest thou?”