1 Kings 11:37

Good News Translation

Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

Hebrew Names Version
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Yisra'el.

King James Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

English Standard Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

New Century Version
But I will make you rule over everything you want. You will rule over all of Israel,

New English Translation
I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

Amplified Bible
'I will take you [Jeroboam], and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel (the ten northern tribes).

New American Standard Bible
'However I will take you, and you shall reign over all that you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I wil take thee, and thou shalt reigne, euen as thine heart desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

Contemporary English Version
"You will be king of Israel and will rule every nation you want.

Complete Jewish Bible
I will take you, and you will rule over everything you want; you will be king over Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And I will take thee, that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version
But I will make you king of Israel. You will rule over everything you want.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will give it to you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

Lexham English Bible
You I will take, and you shall reign over all your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

Literal Translation
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore wyl I take the now, to raygne ouer all that thine hert desyreth, and thou shalt be kynge ouer Israel.

American Standard Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Bible in Basic English
And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I will take thee, and thou shalt raigne according to all that thy soule desireth, and shalt be king ouer Israel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

King James Version (1611)
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reigne according to all that thy soule desireth, and shalt be King ouer Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

English Revised Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Y schal take thee, and thou schalt regne on alle thingis whiche thi soule desirith, and thou schalt be kyng on Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
`And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;

Update Bible Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

World English Bible
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

New King James Version
So I will take you, and you shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

New Living Translation
And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.

New Life Bible
And I will take you, and you will rule over whatever you want. You will be the king of Israel.

New Revised Standard
I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires; you shall be king over Israel.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, thee, will I take, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul could desire, - and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Revised Standard Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

THE MESSAGE
"But I have taken you in hand. Rule to your heart's content! You are to be the king of Israel. If you listen to what I tell you and live the way I show you and do what pleases me, following directions and obeying orders as my servant David did, I'll stick with you no matter what. I'll build you a kingdom as solid as the one I built for David. Israel will be yours! I am bringing pain and trouble on David's descendants, but the trials won't last forever."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

Contextual Overview

²⁶ Another man who turned against King Solomon was one of his officials, Jeroboam son of Nebat, from Zeredah in Ephraim. His mother was a widow named Zeruah. ²⁷ This is the story of the revolt. Solomon was filling in the land on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the city walls. ²⁸ Jeroboam was an able young man, and when Solomon noticed how hard he worked, he put him in charge of all the forced labor in the territory of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ One day, as Jeroboam was traveling from Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him alone on the road in the open country. ³⁰ Ahijah took off the new robe he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, ³¹ and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, because the Lord , the God of Israel, says to you, ‘I am going to take the kingdom away from Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes. ³² Solomon will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be my own from the whole land of Israel. ³³ I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods: Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon has disobeyed me; he has done wrong and has not kept my laws and commands as his father David did. ³⁴ But I will not take the whole kingdom away from Solomon, and I will keep him in power as long as he lives. This I will do for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who obeyed my laws and commands. ³⁵ I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

according: 1 Kings 11:26, Deuteronomy 14:26, 2 Samuel 3:21

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will take thee,.... From the low estate in which he was, to be king:

and thou shall reign according to all that thy soul desireth; he being ambitious of the kingdom, and having already formed in his mind some designs upon it:

and shall be king over Israel; the ten tribes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 37. According to all that thy soul desireth — It appears from this that Jeroboam had affected the kingdom, and was seeking for an opportunity to seize on the government. God now tells him, by his prophet, what he shall have, and what he shall not have, in order to prevent him from attempting to seize on the whole kingdom, to the prejudice of the spiritual seed of David.