1 Kings 1:16

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeysance vnto the king: and the king said, What wouldest thou?

Parallel Translations

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

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?

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

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?"

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

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

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

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

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

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?"

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?"

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Update Bible Version
And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And 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?

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

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

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?"

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?"

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

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Wherefore Nathan spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniiah the son of Haggith doth reigne, and Dauid our lord knoweth it not? ¹² Now therefore come, let mee, I pray thee, giue thee counsell, that thou mayest saue thine owne life, and the life of thy sonne Solomon. ¹³ Goe, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Diddest not thou, my lord, O king, sweare vnto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall reigne after mee, and he shall sit vpon my throne? why then doth Adoniiah reigne? ¹⁴ Beholde, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirme thy words. ¹⁵ And Bath-sheba went in vnto the King into the chamber: and the king was very olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred vnto the king. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeysance vnto the king: and the king said, What wouldest thou? ¹⁷ And she said vnto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God vnto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne: ¹⁸ And now behold, Adoniiah reigneth; and now my lord the king, thou knowest it not. ¹⁹ And he hath slaine oxen, and fat cattell, and sheepe in abundance, and hath called all the sonnes of the king, and Abiathar the Priest, and Ioab the captaine of the hoste: but Solomon thy seruant hath he not called. ²⁰ And thou, my lord O king, the eyes of all Israel are vpon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall 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
And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sun, and the moone, and the starres, euen all the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath diuided vnto all nations vnder the whole heauen.

Job 31:26
If I beheld the Sunne when it shined, or the Moone walking in brightnesse:

Job 38:7
When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy.

Psalms 8:3
When I consider thy heauens, the worke of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordained;

Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heauen, and his circuite vnto the ends of it: and there is nothing hidde from the heat thereof.

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?”