1 Kings 1:27

Christian Standard Bible ®

I’m certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant know who will sit on my lord the king’s throne after him.”

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your slave who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

New Living Translation
Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?"

English Revised Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

New Century Version
Did you do this? Since we are your servants, why didn't you tell us who should be king after you?"

New English Translation
Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shown [it] to thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

World English Bible
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Amplified Bible
"If this thing has been done by my lord the king, why have you not shown your servants who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

English Standard Version
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether this word yede out fro my lord the kyng, and thou schewidist not to me, thi seruaunt, who schulde sitte on the trone of my lord the king after hym?

Berean Standard Bible
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?"

Contemporary English Version
Did you say they could do this without telling the rest of us who would be the next king?

American Standard Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Bible in Basic English
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

Complete Jewish Bible
Is this authorized by my lord the king without your having told your servant who would sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Darby Translation
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewn to thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Easy-to-Read Version
My lord and king, did you do this without telling us? Please tell us, who will be the next king after you?"

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not declared unto thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?'

King James Version (1611)
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king, after him?

New Life Bible
Has this been done by my lord the king? Have you not shown your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

New Revised Standard
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Is this thing done by my lord the King, & thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruant, who should sitte on the throne of my lorde the King after him?

George Lamsa Translation
Has this thing been done by the order of my lord the king, and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Good News Translation
Did Your Majesty approve all this and not even tell your officials who is to succeed you as king?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, of my lord the king, this thing had been brought to pass, then wouldest thou not have made known unto thy servant, who should sit upon the throne of my lord the king, after him?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me, thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Revised Standard Version
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Is this thing done of my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it vnto thy seruaunt who should sit on the seate of my lorde the king after him?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?

Hebrew Names Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

King James Version
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Lexham English Bible
If it was from my lord the king that this thing has happened, then all is well, but if not, you must let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him."

Literal Translation
If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

Young's Literal Translation
if from my lord the king this thing hath been, then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this, and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him?

New American Standard Bible
"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not let your servants know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

New King James Version
Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not told your servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Has this thing happened by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

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

and thou: 1 Kings 1:24, 2 Kings 4:27, John 15:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:18 - thou knowest

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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 1:9
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 1:21
So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25
So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.”

Psalms 139:14
I will praise youbecause I have been remarkably and wondrously made.Your works are wondrous,and I know this very well.

Isaiah 43:7
everyone who bears my nameand is created for my glory.I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”

Malachi 2:15
Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking? Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Is this thing done by my lord the king,.... With his knowledge and consent, and by his orders:

and thou hast not showed [it] unto thy servant; meaning himself, who had brought him a message from the Lord, signifying that Solomon should succeed him; and therefore if that had been countermanded, it seemed strange that he should not have acquainted him with it: or "to thy servants", as the Arabic version; for the word has a plural ending, though pointed as singular; and so it may mean not only himself, but the rest of David's faithful servants that were about him at court, as Kimchi observes:

who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? if he had altered his mind, or had had any direction from the Lord to make any change, he wondered at it that he should neither acquaint him, nor any of his trusty friends, with it.