1 Kings 11:39

Christian Standard Bible ®

I will humble David’s descendants, because of their unfaithfulness, but not forever.’”

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.

King James Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

English Standard Version
And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.'"

New Century Version
I will punish David's children because of this, but I will not punish them forever.'"

New English Translation
I will humiliate David's descendants because of this, but not forever."

Amplified Bible
'And in this way I will afflict the descendants of David for this (their sin), but not forever.'"

New American Standard Bible
'So I will oppress the descendants of David for this, but not always.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will for this afflict the seede of Dauid, but not for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not always.'"

Contemporary English Version
"I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever."

Complete Jewish Bible
For this [offense] I will trouble David's descendants, but not forever."

Darby Translation
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will punish David's descendants because of what Solomon did, but not forever.'"

George Lamsa Translation
And for this I will afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.

Good News Translation
Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David, but not for all time.'"

Lexham English Bible
I will punish the offspring of David on account of this; however, not always.'"

Literal Translation
And for this I will humble the seed of David; but not forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and therwith wyll I subdue the sede of Dauid, but not for euermore.

American Standard Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

Bible in Basic English
(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I will for this [offence whiche Solomon hath committed] vexe the seede of Dauid, but nor for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.'

King James Version (1611)
And I will for this afflict the seed of Dauid, but not for euer.

English Revised Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for over.

Berean Standard Bible
Because of this, I will humble David's descendants-but not forever.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal turmente the seed of Dauid on this thing, netheles not in alle daies.

Young's Literal Translation
and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.'

Update Bible Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

World English Bible
I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.

New King James Version
And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this, but not forever."'

New Living Translation
Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David—though not forever.'"

New Life Bible
I will bring trouble to the children of David for this, but not forever.'"

New Revised Standard
For this reason I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus will I humiliate the seed of David, because of this; yet not for ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.

Revised Standard Version
And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always.'"

Contextual Overview

²⁶Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, ²⁷and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David. ²⁸Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph. ²⁹During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. ³⁰Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces, ³¹and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand. I will give you ten tribes, ³²but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did. ³⁴“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes. ³⁵I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

afflict: 1 Kings 12:16, 1 Kings 14:8, 1 Kings 14:25, 1 Kings 14:26, Psalms 89:38-45, Psalms 89:49-51

not for ever: 1 Kings 11:36, Psalms 89:30-34, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:1-10, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Lamentations 3:31, Lamentations 3:32, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Luke 2:4, Luke 2:11

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:13 - Howbeit Psalms 89:32 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will for this afflict the seed of David,.... For the idolatry Solomon had been guilty of, and connived at:

but not for ever; for when the ten tribes were carried captive, the kingdom of Judah flourished under Hezekiah, Josiah, c. and though the tribe of Judah was carried captive, yet it returned after seventy years captivity, and had rulers over it of the seed of David and especially to the Messiah has God given the throne of his father David, of whose kingdom there will he no end, Luke 1:32, and Jarchi's note on the text is,

"for in the days of the Messiah the kingdom shall return to it,''

the seed of David; and Abarbinel says, of a truth, at the coming of our Messiah, this prophecy will be fulfilled; but the true Messiah is come already, in whom it is fulfilled; see Kimchi and Abendana, who refer to

Ezekiel 37:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But not forever - David had been distinctly promised that God should never fail his seed, whatever their shortcomings Psalms 89:28-37. The fulfillment of these promises was seen, partly in the Providence which maintained David’s family in a royal position until Zerubbabel, but mainly in the preservation of his seed to the time fixed for the coming of Christ, and in the birth of Christ - the Eternal King - from one of David’s descendants.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 39. But not for ever. — They shall be in affliction and distress till the Messiah come, who shall sit on the throne of David to order it and establish it in judgment and justice for ever. Jarchi says, on this verse, "When the Messiah comes, the kingdom shall be restored to the house of David."