1 Kings 11:39

Myles Coverdale Bible

and therwith wyll I subdue the sede of Dauid, but not for euermore.

Parallel Translations

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

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.

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

²⁶ Morouer Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an Ephraite Salomons seruaunt (and his mothers name was Zeruga, a wedowe) lifte vp his hande also agaynst the kynge. ²⁷ And this is the cause wherfore he lifte vp his hande agaynst the kynge: Whan Salomon buylded Millo, he shut vp a gappe in the cite of Dauid his father. ²⁸ And Ieroboam was a ma of armes. And whan Salomon sawe that it was a mete yonge man, he set him ouer all the burthens of the house of Ioseph. ²⁹ But at the same tyme it fortuned, that Ieroboam wente out from Ierusalem, and the prophet Ahias of Silo founde him by the waye, and he had a new cloke vpon him, and they two were alone in the felde. ³⁰ And Ahia toke holde of the new cloke yt he had on, and rente the same in to twolue peces, ³¹ and sayde vnto Ieroboam: Take thou ten peces vnto the. For thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: Beholde, euen thus wyll I rente the kyngdome from the hande of Salomo, and wyll geue the ten trybes. ³² One trybe shall he haue for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and because of the cyte of Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel: ³³ for they haue forsaken me, and worshipped Astaroth the god of the Sidonians, Chamos the god of the Moabites, and Malco the god of the children of Ammon, and haue not walked in my wayes, to fulfill my pleasure, myne ordinaunces, and lawes, as dyd Dauid his father. ³⁴ Notwithstondynge I wyll not take the whole kyngdome from out of his hande, but wil make him a prynce as longe as he lyueth for my seruaunt Dauids sake, whom I dyd chose, which kepte my commaundementes & ordinaunces. ³⁵ From out of the hande of his sonne wyl I take the kyngdome, and wyl geue ten trybes vnto the,

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."